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SOCIETY  OF  THE  SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN 
REVOLUTION. 


ORIGIN  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

The  first  State  Society  was  organized  in  San  Francisco,  Cal. , 
July  5,  1876,  under  the  name  of  "  Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires," 
which  name  was  subsequently  superseded  by  that  now  borne. 
Largely  through  the  efforts  of  this  Society  independent  Societies 
were  formed  in  other  States.  The  National  Society  was  organ- 
ized by  delegates  from  the  several  State  Societies  meeting  in 
New  York  City,  April  30,  1889.  This  meeting  was  held  in 
Fraunce's  Tavern,  in  the  "long  room"  in  which  Washington 
bade  farewell  to  his  officers  at  the  close  of  the  Revolution. 


PLAN  OF  ORGANIZATION. 

The  State  Societies  constitute  the  National  Society.  This 
Society  has  a  Constitution  and  By- Laws,  a  Board  of  Officers,  and 
|  a  Legislative  Body  named  the  Congress,  which  is  composed  of 
delegates  from  each  of  the  State  Societies.  The  Congress  has 
one  regular  meeting  each  year.  A  conclave  of  the  whole  Society 
meets  triennially  at  such  place  as  the  National  Board  of  Man- 
agers may  determine. 

The  Constitution  of  the  National  Society  prescribes  the  ob- 
jects, terms  of  eligibility  to  membership,  the  badge  and  colors  of 
the  whole  Society.  While  each  State  Society  has  absolute  con- 
trol of  its  own  affairs,  the  Constitution  of  the  National  Society 
is  the  supreme  law  of  the  whole,  and  the  Cpnstitution  of  each 
Society  conforms  thereto. 

It  is  thus  seen  that  the  whole  organization  closely  follows 
the  model  presented  by  the  republic. 

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OBJECTS  OF  THE  ORGANIZATION. 

These  are  set  forth  in  the  Constitution  of  the  National  So- 
ciety as  follows : 

The  objects  of  this  Society  shall  be  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  the 
men,  who,  by  their  services  or  sacrifices  during  the  war  of  the  American 
Revolution,  achieved  the  independence  of  the  American  people;  to  unite 
and  promote  fellowship  among  their  descendants ;  to  inspire  them  and  the 
community  at  large  with  a  more  profound  reverence  for  the  principles 
of  the  government  founded  by  our  forefathers ;  to  encourage  historical 
rese'arch  in  relation  to  the  American  Revolution  ;  to  acquire  and  preserve 
the  records  of  the  individual  services  of  the  patriots  of  the  war,  as  well  as 
documents,  relics  and  landmarks  ;  to  mark  the  scenes  of  the  Revolution  by 
appropriate  memorials;  to  celebrate  the  anniversaries  of  the  prominent 
events  of  the  war ;  to  foster  true  patriotism  ;  to  maintain  and  extend  the 
institutions  of  American  freedom ;  and  to  carry  out  the  purposes  expressed 
in  the  preamble  to  the  Constitution  of  our  country  and  the  injunctions  of 
Washington  in  his  farewell  address  to  the  American  people. 

In  no  respect  are  these  objects  partisan,  sectarian  or  com- 
mercial, but  purely  patriotic,  social  and  American. 


ELIGIBILITY  TO  MEMBERSHIP. 

The  National  Society's  Constitution  fixes  the  terms  of  eligi- 
bility thus : 

Any  man  shall  be  eligible  to  membership  in  this  Society,  who,  being 
of  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  or  over,  and  a  citizen  of  good  repute  in  the 
community,  is  the  lineal  descendant  of  an  ancestor  who  was  at  all  times 
unfailing  in  his  loyalty  to,  and  rendered  actual  service  in  the  cause  of, 
American  Independence,  either  as  an  officer,  soldier,  seaman,  militiaman 
or  minute  man,  in  the  armed  forces  of  the  Continental  Congress  or  of  any 
one  of  the  several  Colonies  or  States ;  or  as  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence ;  or  as  a  member  of  a  Committee  of  Safety  or  Correspond- 
ence ;  or  as  a  member  of  any  Continental,  Provincial  or  Colonial  Congress 
or  Legislature ;  or  as  a  Civil  Officer,  either  of  one  of  the  Colonies  or 
States  or  of  the  National  Government ;  or  as  a  recognized  patriot  who  per- 
formed actual  service  by  overt  acts  of  resistance  to  the  authority  of  Great 
Britain. 


Organized  wholly  for  patriotic  purposes,  and  presenting  a 
broad  platform  upon  which  all  may  stand,  the  Society  commends 


itself  to  all  Americans,  and  has  gained  the  earnest  support  of 
the  foremost  men  of  our  country.  North,  south,  east  and  west, 
men  eminent  in  business,  finance,  law,  literature,  science  and 
art  are  active  members,  enthusiastically  laboring  to  advance  the 
objects  of  the  Society  and  to  promote  its  prosperity. 

The  following  are  the  officers  of 

THE  NATIONAL  SOCIETY: 

President-General, 

General  HORACE  PORTER, 

15  Broad  St.,  New  York  City. 

Vice  Presidents-General, 

General  J.  C.  BRECKINRIDGE, 

U.  S.  Army,  Washington  City. 

Colonel  THOMAS  M.  ANDERSON, 

U.  S.  Army,  Vancouver  Barracks,  Wash. 

Mr.  WILLIAM  RIDGELY  GRIFFITH, 
Baltimore,  Md. 

Mr.  EDWIN  S.  BARRETT, 
Concord,  Mass. 

Hon.  JOHN  WHITEHEAD, 

Morristown,  N.  J. 

Secretary-General, 

Mr.  FRANKLIN  MURPHY, 
Newark,  N.  J. 

Treasurer-General. 

Mr.  C.  W.  HASKINS, 

2  Nassau  St.,  New  York  City. 

Registrar-General , 

Mr.  A.  HOWARD  CLARK, 

Smithsonian  Institution,  Washington  City. 

Historian-General , 

Mr.  HENRY  HALL, 

New  York  City. 


Chaplain-General, 

Rt.  Rev.  CHARLES  EDW.  CHENEY,  D.  D., 
Chicago,  111. 

FORMATION  OF  THE  OREGON  AND  WASHINGTON  SOCIETY. 

Mainly  through  the  efforts  of  Colonel  Thomas  M.  Anderson, 
U.  S.  A.,  this  Society  was  organized  June  6,  1891,  by  about 
twenty  gentlemen  of  accepted  eligibility  meeting  in  Grand  Army 
hall,  Portland,  adopting  a  Constitution  and  By-Laws  and  electing 
officers. 

Four  annual  meetings  have  been  held,  besides  several  special 
ones  and  the  annual  banquets.  At  the  third  meeting  the  Board 
of  Managers  was  instructed  to  revise  the  By-Laws  of  the  So- 
ciety. This  was  done  and  reported  to  a  special  meeting  of  the 
Society.  The  result  was  the  adoption  of  the  By-Laws  now 
existing. 

The  fourth  annual  meeting  was  mainly  devoted  to  the  ordi- 
nary routine  of  business  and  the  election  of  officers.  The  re- 
ports made  at  this  meeting  showed  the  Society  to  be  active  and 
prosperous,  with  a  good,  strong  membership  in  each  State. 

President  Anderson  reported  as  follows  : 

ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  OREGON  AND  WASHINGTON 
SOCIETY  OF  THE  SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION. 

COMPATRIOTS  : 

This  is  the  fourth  annual  reunion  of  our  Society.  We  organized  with 
fifteen  charter  members.  We  have  today  one  hundred  and  forty  names 
upon  our  Roll  of  Honor.  In  our  two  progressive  States  of  Oregon  and 
Washington  we  should  be  able  to  treble  our  numbers.  As  our  object  is  pa- 
triotic endeavor,  we  should  spare  no  pains  to  bring  all  worthy,  eligible 
patriots  within  our  fold. 

The  events  of  the  past  year  have  proven  the  importance  of  patriotic 
association.  Our  Societies  have  given  repeated  warnings  as  to  the  spread 
of  an  anarchial  spirit.  These  warnings  have  been  unfortunately  verified  by 
open  resistance  to  the  execution  of  the  laws  in  many  localities.  In  several 
States  recognized  principles  of  government  have  been  antagonized  by 
officials  in  high  authority.  In  one  instance  State  and  Federal  officials 
were  nearly  brought  into  armed  conflict.  In  the  second  city  of  the  country 


a  wild  mob  attacked  the  civil  officers  and  soldiers  of  both  the  State  and 
Federal  governments,  shouting  "To  Hell  with  the  Government  of  the 
United  States  ! ' '  We  do  not  propose  to  discuss  the  causes  which  led  to 
these  acts  of  mob  violence,  nor  need  we  criticise  the  measures  used  to 
suppress  them.  Neither  need  we  debate  the  proposition  that  the  Coxey 
Army  and  the  Cleveland  Army  should  be  allowed  to  fight  it  out.  While 
representing  you  at  the  Congress  of  the  Society  held  in  Washington,  I  saw 
the  Coxey  Army  driven  from  the  steps  of  the  Capitol  by  the  police.  These 
men  claimed  that  they,  rather  than  the  legislators  assembled  within  repre- 
sented the  people.  It  was  a  striking  object  lesson,  that,  while  a  number  of 
gentlemen  from  every  part  of  the  Union  had  assembled  to  express  their 
adhesion  to  the  patriotic  principles  transmitted  to  them  by  their  fathers, 
that  the  first  attempt  should  be  made  almost  in  their  presence  to  overawe 
the  Congress  of  the  country  by  a  show  of  force.  In  the  last  year  more 
blood  has  been  shed  in  this  Republic  in  upholding  authority  than  in  any 
monarchy  in  Europe.  Is  all  this  nothing  to  us  ?  Is  it  nothing  to  us  that 
the  red  flag  of  anarchy  has  been  displayed  in  our  streets,  that  legislative 
halls  have  been  barricaded  by  contending  factions,  and  that  several  of  the 
great  highways  of  the  country  were  interrupted  by  force  and  violence  ? 

A  more  insidious  evil  now  attracting  universal  attention  is  official 
corruption.  It  has  become  so  manifest  that  the  true  principles  of  Repub- 
lican Government  should  be  taught  to  the  people  that  a  Society  of  Civics 
has  been  formed  with  branches  all  over  the  older  States,  which  are  now 
engaged  in  an  active  propaganda  of  patriotism.  The  efforts  of  these  Asso- 
ciations are  now  mainly  directed  to  the  study  of  the  problem  of  municipal 
reform.  It  is  not  for  us  to  debate  what  legislation  should  be  adopted  to 
remedy  existing  evils.  It  is  our  assumption  that  if  we  can  awaken 
patriotic  motives  an  intelligent  patriotic  action  will  follow.  What  we 
should  do  is  to  pour  oil  on  the  troubled  waters.  We  should  by  all  proper 
means  correct  the  misapprehensions  of  the  misguided,  and,  on  the  other 
hand,  give  our  moral  support  to  the  Government  of  our  country.  When 
children  at  school  are  given  a  mathematical  problem  they  are  also  given  a 
rule  by  which  to  work  it  out.  Yet  they  invariably  want  an  example.  It  is 
often  by  the  example  that  they  are  made  to  comprehend  the  application  of 
the  rule.  Hence  we  should  not  rest  content  with  proclaiming  the  bar- 
ren idealities  of  statecraft,  but  we  should  give  examples  of  patriotic  work 
and  self  sacrifice  in  the  lives  of  men  who  proved  themselves  not  only  great 
but  good.  It  is  for  this  reason  that  we  urge  the  celebration  of  national 
anniversaries. 

Within  the  year  excellent  Chapters  have  been  organized  at  Seattle 
and  Spokane.  The  gentlemen  who  have  organized  these  Chapters  deserve 
great  credit.  Both  of  these  organizations  now  have  the  numbers  which 
entitle  their  local  Presidents  to  seats  at  the  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors. 

We  have  taken  a  new  departure  this  year  in  sending  speakers  to  the 
public  schools  to  explain  the  significance  of  our  national  holidays. 


8 

In  conclusion  I  would  say,  compatriots,  that  it  is  not  enough  that  our 
fathers  left  us  a  Republican  Government  and  a  Union  of  Free  States.  •'  It 
is  not  enough  to  be  thus,  but  safely  thus."  Here  our  duty  begins.  It  is 
our  duty  to  preserve  and  perpetuate.  If  "eternal  vigilance  is  the  price  of 
liberty,"  apathy  and  neglect  open  the  gates  to  ruin  and  dishonor. 

THOMAS  M.  ANDERSON, 

President. 

AT  THE  BANQUETS. 

These  were  held  at  the  Hotel  Portland  and  were  presided 
over  by  the  President  of  the  Society. 

On  the  occasion  of  February  22,  1894,  to  the  toast  "The 
Man  and  the  Day,"  Alfred  F.  Sears,  Jr.,  Esq.,  responded  in  most 
appropriate  and  eloquent  words,  outlining  the  character  of  Wash- 
ington and  showing  why  Americans  should  observe  this  anni- 
versary. 

"The  Comrades  of  '76"  was  responded  to  by  Sanderson 
Reed,  Esq. ,  in  glowing  language,  portraying  the  enduring  links 
of  friendship,  that,  forged  during  the  long  struggle,  bound  the 
men  of  '76  to  each  other  and  to  their  ultimate  purpose. 

Mr.  E.  W.  Allen  responded  to  ' '  The  Little  Hatchet, "  in  a 
quaint,  humorous  manner  that  all  most  heartily  appreciated. 

To  the  toast  "The  Patriotic  Daughters,"  R.  \V.  Thompson 
responded.  He  paid  the  patriotic  women  of  the  Revolution  a 
just  and  merited  tribute,  and  easily  showed  that  their  sacrifices 
on  the  altar  of  Liberty  were  as  necessary  and  were  as  promptly 
and  heroically  rendered  as  any  made  by  their  fathers,  husbands, 
brothers  and  lovers. 

To  the  sentiment  "The  Pioneer  Patriots,"  Capt.  O.  C. 
Applegate  spoke  as  follows  : 

MR.  PRESIDENT  AND  COMPATRIOTS  : 

As  a  native  son  of  Oregon,  and  one  who  experienced  much  of  the 
primitive  life  of  the  early  days,  an  eye  witness,  as  it  were,  to  the  planting 
and  development  of  the  American  empire  upon  the  Pacific,  it  may  not  be 
inappropriate  for  me  to  speak  briefly  upon  the  subject  of  "Pioneer  Pa- 
triots." 


In  a  land  still  filled  with  the  memorials  of  late  and  tragic  conflict  ; 
in  a  home  of  peace  and  plenty,  won  by  the  heroism  and  through  the  pri- 
vations of  pioneer  life  ;  in  a  country  born  amid  the  fires  of  revolution  and 
saved  through  the  anguish  of  civil  war ;  in  a  land  of  noble  memories,  of 
heroic  aspirations  and  untold  possibilities,  we  come  to  plight-  our  faith 
anew,  not  as  party  men,  divided  upon  questions  of  National  policy  or  con- 
tending through  trivial  causes,  but  as  the  descendants  of  patriotic  ances- 
tors, cherishing  their  self-sacrifice  and  devotion,  hoping  to  do  a  loyal  part 
in  keeping  ever  alive  in  the  hearts  of  the  American  people  the  sublime 
principles  our  forefathers  asserted,  and  in  transmitting  them  to  a  grateful 
posterity. 

Every  individual  who  can  appreciate  the  genius  of  American  liberty, 
and  upon  this  intelligent  appreciation  rests  the  success  and  perpetuity  of 
our  benign  Government ;  every  one  who  can  conceive  of  the  hard  demands 
upon  human  life  within  the  congested  communities  of  the  Old  World ; 
every  citizen  whose  lot  has  fallen  with  that  of  Washington,  Adams  and 
Hamilton,  of  Benton,  Douglas  and  Lincoln,  as  a  beneficiary  of  our  noble 
constitution,  who  realizes  that  beneath  the  shadow  of  our  starry  flag  has 
grown  to  marvelous  fruition  the  promise  of  liberty,  of  personal  security 
and  material  development  indulged  in  by  our  patriotic  ancestors,  knows 
that  the  grateful  hearts  of  appreciative  American  citizens  turn  loyally  to- 
wards the  pioneers  of  our  political  faith,  who,  amid  the  sombre  forests  of 
New  England  and  along  the  sunny  slopes  of  Virginia  and  Carolina,  whis- 
pered the  first  accents  of  infant  American  freedom. 

Pioneer  patriots  in  the  cabin  of  the  Mayflower,  thousands  of  miles 
away  from  home  and  kindred,  on  the  borders  of  a  vast  and  almost  un- 
known continent,  "covenanted  and  combined  themselves  together  into  a 
civil  body  politic,"  thus  asserting  with  a  full  consciousness  of  their  mighty 
import  those  principles  of  dependence  and  independence  —  dependence 
upon  one  another  and  independence  from  kingly  authority  —  which,  meet- 
ing with  ready  response  all  along  the  coast  to  the  remotest  southern  bor- 
der, developing  throughout  the  checkered  period  of  Colonial  history, 
finally  culminated  in  the  assertion  of  the  right  of  separation  from  the 
Mother  Country  and  inspired  our  forefathers  with  patriotic  ardor  amid  the 
fiery  conflicts  of  the  Revolution. 

They  sought,  away  from  soulless  power, 

On  the  rugged,  rock-bound  strand, 
Release  and  refuge  from  kingly  greed 

That  cursed  their  native  land. 
They  cast  the  germ  in  the  virgin  soil 

Of  Liberty's  spreading  tree, 
To  shield  the  land  from  tyrannous  might 

And  bloom  in  the  years  to  be. 

A  brighter  day  for  mankind's  weal 

In  Plymouth's  woods  began, 
For  the  Pilgrims  sought  these  solitudes 

With  faith  in  God  and  man, 


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To  live  and  worship  as  they  chose, 

Unscared  by  pope  or  king, 
And  the  noble  words  the  Pilgrims  spoke 

Have  never  ceased  to  ring. 

How  the  expansion  of  the  geat  Republic  has  within  even  the  brief 
period  of  a  human  lifetime  encompassed  half  a  continent !  The  great 
American  desert  of  our  boyhood  has  become  the  home  of  a  widely  ex- 
tended domestic  life,  the  theatre  of  industry  and  enterprise,  the  scene  of 
an  advanced  a"nd  brilliant  civilization.  Beneath  the  protecting  egis  of  the 
American  flag,  cheered  by  the  traditions  of  an  honored  past,  the  westward 
march  of  civilization  has  only  been  stayed  by  the  surge  of  old  ocean 
breaking  at  the  feet  of  the  intrepid  and  resolute  pioneer. 

Shall  we  not  do  honor  to  the  pioneer  patriots  of  the  west,  the  cour- 
ageous men  and  noble  women  who  endured  a  six  months'  journey  across 
the  great  plains,  through  the  rugged  defiles  of  mountains,  over  unbridged 
streams  and  through  the  trackless  wilderness, 

"  To  see  a  home  from  shadowy  forests  won 
In  youth  and  beauty,  wedded  to  the  sun  ?  " 

Through  their  sublime  faith,  ceaseless  exertions  and  self-sacrificing 
courage  we  enjoy  on  this  coast  to-day  the  blessings  of  peace  and  security, 
within  the  beneficent  bonds  of  National  union,  for  they  never  lost,  amid 
all  their  sorrows,  labors  and  wanderings,  their  identity  as  American  citi- 
zens. 

In  the  midst  of  plenty  and  tranquility,  and  in  the  glow  of  an  ad- 
vanced civilization,  how  difficult  it  is  to  realize  the  stern  realities  of  the 
early  days.  The  enlightenment  and  abundance  about  us  can  give  us  no 
suggestion  of  the  hardships  of  the  initial  time ;  no  sign  of  the  determined 
struggle  of  the  crude  possessor  to  maintain  his  inherited  domain  ;  no  evi- 
dence of  the  months  of  weary  waiting  for  news  from  loved  ones  beyond 
half  a  continent's  expanse  ;  of  flour  at  a  dollar  a  pound  and  salt  worth  its 
weight  in  gold ;  of  buckskin  clothing  and  home  made  shoes ;  of  wooden 
plows  and  hoes  and  pitchforks ;  of  the  oft  repeated  incursions  of  the  cir- 
cuit rider,  and  the  universality  of  the  quilting  bee ;  of  generous  border 
hospitality  and  prompt  but  effective  pioneer  justice. 

Let  us  learn  to  treasure  the  memory  of  the  pioneers  of  the  Pacific, 
worthy  followers  of  the  noble  men  who  achieved  our  national  independ- 
ence, who  planted  upon  the  shores  of  the  western  main  those  twin  branches 
of  the  banyan  tree  of  our  common  country,  Oregon  and  Washington,  as 
we  see  their  material  handiwork  crumbling  to  dust  about  us,  and  the  hoary 
veterans  of  an  intrepid  race  passing  away  forever. 

"  Let  there  be  light  in  the  western  wilds," 

The  Spirit  of  Progress  said, 
And  thousands  came  on  the  devious  way, 
Where  the  rough  old  woodsmen  led. 


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They  crossed  the  mountain's  beetling  crags, 

And  the  deserts  brown  and  bare, 
And  on  the  shores  of  the  western  main 

They  planted  the  old  flag  there. 

As  the  blue  of  the  clouds  and  blue  of  the  waves 

Mingle  and  blend  in  the  sea, 
It  mingled  its  colors  with  the  western  clouds 

To  herald  the  march  of  the  free. 
And  the  echoing  thud  of  the  woodsman's  axe, 

And  the  roar  of  his  trusty  gun, 
Told  with  a  voice  that  woke  up  the  woods 

How  the  westerners'  battles  were  won. 


Mr.  E.  D.  Curtis,  speaking  to  the  closing  sentiment,  "Good 
Night,"  congratulated  the  compatriots  upon  the  prosperity  of  the 
Society,  the  success  and  pleasure  of  the  meeting,  and  expressed 
the  hope  that  all  should  meet  again. 


THE  FOURTH  ANNUAL  BANQUET. 

This  was  a  most  enjoyable  affair.  The  dining  room  was  ap- 
propriately and  beautifully  decorated,  and  music  throughout  the 
banquet  contributed  to  the  pleasure  of  the  guests. 

Col.  Thomas  M.  Anderson,  President  of  the  Society,  pre- 
sided during  the  after-dinner  speaking,  and  acquitted  himself  in 
his  usual  happy  manner. 

Maurice  McKim,  Esq.,  responded  to  the  toast  "The  Day 
We  Celebrate  "  in  a  few  well  chosen  sentences  that  proved  to  be 
an  auspicious  opening  to  the  occasion. 

Hon.  H.  H.  Northup  spoke  to  the  sentiment  "What  Our 
Forefathers  L/eft  Us, "  as  follows  : 

The  skillful  mariner  bound  across  the  trackless  sea  finds  his  way  by 
chart  and  compass.  But  not  on  these  alone  does  he  rely,  for  daily  as  the 
sun  touches  the  meridian  with  unclouded  sky,  does  he  take  his  observation 
to  know  whether  the  elements  have  driven  him  from  his  true  course. 

And  on  occasion  like  this,  sir,  a  century  after  the  flag  of  freedom  has 
been  unfurled,  when  the  sons  of  patriots  meet  together  to  do  honor  to  their 
sires,  it  is  fitting  that  we  inquire  "What  Our  Forefathers  Left  Us"  to 
know  whether  we  have  been  driven  by  the  elements  of  discord  and  un- 
rest from  the  true  course  laid  down  by  them.  And  upon  this  occasion,  sir, 


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I  can  only  name  a  few  of  the  many  priceless  privileges  they  left  for  us 
to  enjoy. 

They  have  left  ns  a  memory — a  memory  of  sacrifices  and  heroic  strug- 
gles. 

Other  events  in  more  recent  years  may  bring  the  anniversary  of  san- 
guinary conflict,  yet  none  can  teach  higher  lessons  in  patriotism  or  form  a 
brighter  page  in  American  history  than  those  events  which  brought  forth 
the  mighty  men  of  '76. 

They  have  left  us  a  memory  of  personal  valor  and  of  many  a  well 
fought  field  ;  a  memory  of  Warren  and  of  Bunker  Hill ;  of  Allen  and  of 
Ticonderoga  ;  of  Stark  and  of  Bennington  ;  of  Green  and  of  Brandywine  ;  of 
Marion  and  Sumpter  and  of  the  Carolinas ;  of  Washington  and  of  Tren- 
ton ;  of  the  trials  of  Valley  Forge  and  the  triumphs  of  Yorktown. 

They  have  left  us  the  memory  of  that  invincible  patriot,  Patrick 
Henry,  whose  impassioned  words  sound  loud  and  clear  through  the  cen- 
tury—  words  known  to  every  American  youth  : 

What  is  it  that  gentlemen  wish  ?  What  would  they  have  ?  Is  life  so  dear  or  peace 
so  sweet  as  to  be  purchased  at  the  price  of  chains  and  slavery  ?  Forbid  it,  Almighty 
God !  I  know  not  what  course  others  may  take,  but,  as  for  me,  give  me  liberty  or  give 
me  death. 

But  they  have  left  us  not  simply  a  memory  —  they  have  left  us  more. 
They  have  left  us  a  declaration  of  rights,  a  declaration  linked  forever  with 
the  name  of  Jefferson,  and  more  sacred  to  the  cause  of  liberty  than  the 
famous  Magna  Charta  wrested  from  King  John  by  the  barons  of  England. 

We  hold  these  truths  to  be  self-evident,  that  all  men  are  created  equal ;  that  they 
are  endowed  by  their  Creator  with  certain  inalienable  rights  ;  that  among  these  are  life, 
liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  happiness  ;  that  to  secure  these  rights  governments  are  insti- 
tuted among  men,  deriving  their  just  powers  from  the  consent  of  the  governed. 

Here  in  one  short  paragraph  is  declared  the  equality  of  man  and  the 
right  of  the  people  to  self  government,  and  the  doctrine  that  "  The  King 
is  the  State  "  is  forever  laid  in  the  dust.  A  more  priceless  treasure  was 
never  given  to  any  people  at  any  time,  save  only  the  written  revelation  of 
divine  truth  by  the  living  God. 

But  this  declaration  was  for  many  generations  a  form  of  glittering 
words,  until  at  last  its  sublime  principles  entered  into  the  hearts  of  the 
American  people  and  it  became  a  living  truth  to  every  man,  woman  and 
child  of  whatever  race,  creed  or  color  in  the  American  Republic. 

They  have  also  left  us  the  famous  Ordinance  of  1787  —  that  solemn 
compact  entered  into  by  the  people  of  the  Northwestern  Territory,  then 
existing  and  thereafter  to  exist,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  thirteen  original 
States  of  the  other  part. 


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This  Ordinance  declared,  among  other  things,  that  within  the  boun- 
daries of  said  territory  slavery  and  involuntary  servitude,  except  as  a  pun- 
ishment for  crime,  should  forever  be  prohibited,  and  that  "  religion,  mor- 
ality and  knowledge  being  necessary  to  good  government,  schools  and  the 
means  of  education  shall  forever  be  encouraged." 

The  principles  laid  down  in  this  Ordinance  that  governed  this  great 
territory  are  some  of  the  priceless  treasures  left  to  the  American  people. 

They  have  also  left  us  a  written  constitution  —  a  document  framed 
with  such  judgment  and  wisdom,  and  so  well  adapted  to  the  purposes  for 
which  it  was  designed,  that  its  great  merit  is  far  beyond  the  power  of  my 
feeble  tongue  to  express.  Said  Winthrop : 

It  is  like  one  of  those  rocking  stones  erected  by  the  ancient  Druids,  which  the 
finger  of  a  child  can  shake  to  its  center,  but  which  the  might  of  an  army  can  not  move 
from  its  place. 

The  constitution  in  some  of  its  provisions  has  been  the  subject  of 
much  discussion  and  contention,  particularly  in  regard  to  the  right  of 
secession,  but  the  construction  that  it  is  an  indissoluble  tie,  forever  binding 
together  the  States  of  the  Union  into  one  Nation,  has  been  sealed  with  the 
blood  of  the  American  people  and  is  beyond  recall. 

They  have  left  us  the  work  of  a  Hamilton  —  that  great  genius  called  by 
Washington  to  be  the  first  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  —  whose  financial  skill 
brought  the  new  government  out  of  its  difficulties  and  into  prosperity  and 
wealth. 

Said  Webster  in  speaking  of  him  : 

He  smote  the  rock  of  national  resource  and  abundant  streams  of  revenue  burst 
forth.  He  touched  the  dead  corpse  of  public  credit  and  it  sprang  upon  its  feet.  The 
fabled  birth  of  Minerva  from  the  brain  of  Jupiter  was  hardly  more  sudden  than  the  finan- 
cial system  of  the  United  States  as  it  burst  from  the  conception  of  Alexander  Hamilton. 

And,  in  conclusion,  our  fathers  left  us  the  spirit  of  liberty  and  the 
work  of  showing  to  the  world  that  Republican  governments  are  best  for 
all  peoples.  So  let  us  live  that  we  shall  not  be  unworthy  of  our  sires,  and 
so  that  we  can  hand  down  to  the  countless  generations  yet  to  come,  who 
shall  occupy  the  places  that  we  now  fill,  the  priceless  inheritance  left  by 
our  fathers. 


"  Washington  as  a  Moral  Force  "  was  responded  to  by  Hon. 
George  H.  Williams,  who  spoke  as  follows  : 

A  meeting  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  to  commemorate 
the  birthday  of  Washington  overwhelms  the  mind  with  patriotic  and  inspir- 


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ing  emotions.  We  are  separated  by  more  than  a  hundred  years  with  their 
deepening  shadows  from  the  day  we  celebrate,  but  through  these  shadows 
with  meteoric  splendor  shines  the  fame  of  Washington  and  of  the  men  and 
events  with  which  his  fame  is  associated. 

Our  meeting  brings  before  us  with  pictorial  clearness  the  high  and 
fearless  resolves  of  Revolutionary  assemblies,  the  sacrifices,  sufferings  and 
successes  of  a  consequent  war,  examples  of  physical  and  moral  courage, 
and  all  that  galaxy  of  glorious  achievements  which  made  the  United  States 
a  free  and  independent  nation. 

Washington  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  said  to  be  "  first  in  war,  first 
in  peace  and  first  in  the  hearts  of  his  countrymen,"  and  it  is  safe  to  add 
that  in  the  fullness  and  roundness  of  a  perfect  manhood  he  stands  first  in 
the  list  of  modern  statesmen  and  warriors.  I  do  not  mean  to  say  that  he 
was  the  greatest  soldier  or  the  greatest  statesman  of  modern  times,  but  I 
mean  to  say  that  those  physical,  intellectual  and  moral  qualities  which  are 
necessary  to  an  exalted  character  were  more  happily  blended  in  him  than 
in  any  other  man  mentioned  in  modern  history.  One  element  of  moral 
force  is  personal  courage  or  fearlessness  in  the  face  of  danger.  Brave  men , 
though  brave  in  a  bad  cause,  are  respected  by  others,  and  deeds  of  personal 
daring  in  battle  and  elsewhere  have  been  favorite  themes  of  song  and 
story.  Learning,  wisdom  and  goodness  command  the  admiration  of  man- 
kind, but  admiration  rises  into  hero  worship  for  those  who  repose  them- 
selves to  death  in  the  ranks  of  fighting  armies.  Washington  at  an  early 
day,  in  the  campaign  against  the  French  forts  in  western  Pennsylvania, 
established  his  reputation  for  personal  courage,  and  was  never  deterred 
from  the  performance  of  his  whole  duty  as  a  soldier  by  the  apprehension 
that  his  life  was  in  danger. 

Another  element  of  moral  power  is  good  judgment.  This  is  the 
greatest  of  all  talents  for  one  bearing  public  responsibilities  and  it  is  the 
one  least  appreciated  by  the  public.  That  which  is  showy  is  more  attrac- 
tive than  that  which  is  solid.  Good  judgment  as  to  any  matter  implies 
comprehension  of  everything  affecting  that  matter,  and  no  brilliancy  of 
speech  or  action  will  make  up  for  the  lack  of  this  judgment  in  the  manage- 
ment of  public  affairs.  Washington's  judgment  was  of  the  first  order,  as  his 
success  in  military  and  civil  life  abundantly  proves.  He  must  have  been 
endowed  with  an  extraordinary  faculty  of  deciding  wisely  to  have  con- 
ducted the  Revolution  to  a  successful  issue  ;  to  lead  thirteen  feeble  Colonies 
against  a  great  and  resourceful  enemy  through  the  discouragements  and 
defeats  of  a  seven  years'  war  necessarily  required  great  foresight,  indom- 
itable zeal  and  excellent  judgment.  Washington's  administration  during 
the  formative  period  of  our  Federal  Union  was  a  marvel  of  wisdom  and 
skill.  He  was  like  a  mariner  upon  an  unexplored  sea  without  guide  or 
compass.  He  had  no  precedents  to  follow.  To  organize  the  new  govern- 
ment, to  devise  ways  and  means  for  its  support,  to  establish  relations  with 
foreign  countries,  to  harmonize  federal  authority  with  the  autonomy  of  the 


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States  and  to  put  the  whole  machinery  of  the  government  into  successful 
operation  demanded  the  most  enlightened  and  comprehensive  judgment. 
Contrary  to  the  wishes  of  his  countrymen,  at  the  end  of  two  presidential 
terms  he  retired  to  private  life  with  a  farewell  message  which  deserves  to 
be  ranked  with  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

More  effective  than  all  else  to  make  the  moral  power  of  Washington 
a  force  was  his  acknowledged  goodness.  Greatness  allied  to  vice  may  tem- 
porarily delight  the  multitude,  but  greatness  must  be  allied  to  virtue  to 
exert  a  lasting  and  beneficial  influence  in  the  world.  Washington's  virtues 
were  so  widely  known  and  appreciated  that  the  English  Lord  Byron  was 
led  to  exclaim  : 

Where  may  the  weary  eyes  repose 
When  gazing  on  the  great, 
Where  neither  guilty  glory  glows, 
Nor  despicable  state  ? 
Yes,  one — the  first,  the  last,  the  best, 
The  Ciucinnatus  of  the  West, 
Whom  envy  dared  not  hate, 
Bequeathed  the  name  of  Washington 
To  make  man  blush  there  was  but  one. 

Individual  moral  force  is  the  influence  produced  by  a  combination  of 
courage,  wisdom  and  goodness,  as  exemplified  in  the  actings  and  doings  of 
the  individuals.  Moral  force  may  co-exist  with  the  person  from  whom  it 
proceeds,  or  it  may  survive  and  produce  effects  after  such  person  has 
passed  out  of  existence.  Our  attention  is  arrested  by  one  notable  instance 
of  Washington's  influence  after  he  was  dead.  He  was  unanimously  elected 
President  in  1788,  was  unanimously  re-elected  in  1792,  and  would  have  been 
unanimously  elected  for  a  third  term  in  1796  if  he  had  consented  to  become 
a  candidate.  This  refusal  of  Washington  to  accept  the  office  of  President 
for  a  third  term  made  a  precedent  which  has  become  a  sacred  and  inviol- 
able canon  in  the  political  code  of  the  United  States.  Nothing  is  said  in 
our  written  Constitution  about  the  ineligibility  of  a  President  for  a  third 
term,  but  the  moral  force  of  Washington's  example  has  made  a  third  term 
for  a  President  next  to  an  impossibility.  General  Grant,  whose  popularity 
was  unbounded,  as  a  candidate  for  a  third  term  was  defeated  in  the  Repub- 
lican convention  of  1880  by  the  moral  force  of  Washington's  example,  and 
if  nominated  he  would  in  all  probability  have  been  defeated  at  the  election 
upon  that  ground.  There  is  a  lesson  of  great  value  in  Washington's  refusal 
of  the  Presidency  for  a  third  term.  First,  it  proves  that  men  can  be  gov- 
erned by  moral  force  as  well  as  by  physical  power.  More  than  sixty  mil- 
lions of  people  accept  the  act  of  one  man  long  since  passed  away  as  bind- 
ing upon  them,  with  nothing  but  popular  belief  in  the  wisdom  of  that  act 
to  enforce  its  authority.  Again,  it  is  instructive  in  showing  that  great  and 
good  deeds  have  an  enduring  vitality  in  the  hearts  and  memories  of  man- 
kind. Ambition  and  selfishness  and  sin  in  every  form  abound,  but  they 
stand  with  uncovered  heads  in  the  presence  of  disinterested  and  patriotic 


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devotion  to  country.  When  Washington  rejected  the  office  of  President 
for  a  third  term  "he  builded  better  than  he  knew."  He  erected  a  safe- 
guard for  Republican  institutions.  All  our  Presidents  since  Washington 
have  been  ambitious  to  be  re-elected.  Six  of  them  have  sought  and 
obtained  a  second  term,  and  there  is  reason  to  believe  that  they  —  or  some 
of  them  —  would  have  tried  by  the  use  of  official  influence  or  otherwise  to 
secure  a  third  term  and  probably  more  terms  if  they  had  not  been  deterred 
by  the  example  of  Washington.  Office  holding  generally  breeds  an  insati- 
able desire  for  more.  Without  any  limitation  upon  the  eligibility  of  the 
President,  there  would  be  danger  that  an  ambitious  and  unscrupulous  in- 
cumbent might  perpetuate  his  official  existence  and  establish  upon  the 
ruins  of  the  Constitution  an  oligarchy  of  office  holders.  Rotation  in  office 
under  reasonable  restrictions  is  the  true  theory  of  Republican  government. 
Washington,  by  the  moral  force  of  his  example,  has  compelled  the  prac- 
tice to  conform  to  this  theory.  To  look  out  from  the  scramble  for  office  in 
these  days,  to  the  retirement  of  Washington  when  the  people  wanted  him 
to  stay,  is  as  refreshing  as  the  sight  of  a  green  field  in  a  desert  of  drifting 
sands. 

When  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  was  formed  there  was  a 
wide  spread  and  powerful  opposition  to  its  adoption.  Each  Colony  under 
the  Confederation  was  quite  independent  of  the  others,  and  many  saw,  or 
thought  they  saw  in  the  Constitution,  a  dangerous  consolidation  of  power 
in  a  centralized  government.  Hamilton,  Madison,  Jay  and  others  pub- 
lished papers  advocating  its  adoption,  but  these  arguments,  though  learned 
and  eloquent,  hardly  reached  the  minds  of  the  common  people.  Washing- 
ton was  known  everywhere  and  his  patriotism  and  wisdom  were  universally 
acknowledged.  People  who  had  no  time  or  opportunity  to  study  the  ques- 
tions involved  accepted  the  judgment  of  Washington.  They  favored  the 
new  Constitution  because  they  knew  he  favored  it.  If  he  had  opposed  it 
it  would  not  have  been  adopted.  Time  has  approved  the  judgment  of 
Washington  as  well  as  the  wisdom  of  the  men  who  relied  upon  it  and  mag- 
nified beyond  measure  our  indebtedness  to  him  for  his  influence  in  this 
critical  period  of  our  country's  history. 

Washington's  administration  was  held  together  and  made  a  success 
by  the  moral  force  of  his  majestic  character.  Jefferson  was  Secretary  of 
State  and  Hamilton  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  both  gentlemen ,  but  bit- 
terly opposed  to  each  other  in  their  political  views.  Jefferson  contended 
for  the  sovereign  right  of  the  States,  and  Hamilton  for  the  supremacy  of 
the  Federal  government.  When  the  French  Revolution  broke  out,  the  ad- 
herents of  Jefferson  favored  the  ideas  upon  which  it  was  founded,  and  the 
adherents  of  Hamilton  denounced  them  as  subversive  of  all  government. 
Party  feeling  ran  high  upon  the  question.  Jefferson's  party  was  charged 
with  a  desire  to  import  into  the  United  States  the  radical  doctrine  of  revo- 
lutionary France,  and  Hamilton's  party  was  charged  with  a  desire  to  im- 
port into  the  United  States  the  principles  of  monarchial  England.  Discord 
and  distraction  raged  on  all  sides  but  they  were  overawed  and  neutralized 


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by  the  wisdom  and  justice  of  Washington.  He  spoke  to  the  angry  passions 
and  they  obeyed  his  voice.  He  overcame  those  elements  of  discord  by 
moral  power  which  were  beyond  the  reach  of  physical  force. 

While  Washington  was  President,  Congress  passed  an  act  imposing  a 
tax  upon  whiskey,  which  produced  a  formidable  insurrection  in  western 
Pennsylvania  and  other  parts  of  the  country.  Thousands  of  armed  men 
were  massed  together  to  resist  the  collection  of  this  tax.  The  Federal 
government  was  new,  its  powers  indefinite  and  its  authority  hardly  known 
to  the  people,  and  this  insurrection  was  to  be  the  test  of  its  adequacy  to 
the  ends  for  which  it  was  created.  Officers  and  troops  sent  against  the 
insurgents  were  driven  back,  and  it  seemed  for  a  time  as  though  the  ene- 
mies of  law  and  order  would  succeed.  Washington  determined  to  put 
himself  at  the  head  of  the  government  forces  and  went  into  Pennsylvania 
for  that  purpose.  Stricken  by  the  movement  of  the  President  with  the 
conviction  that  further  resistance  was  useless  the  rebellion  melted  away 
and  disappeared,  and  the  supremacy  of  the  law  was  established.  This 
shows  that  ideas  sometimes  win  victories  where  arms  are  ineffectual. 

During  the  administration  of  John  Adams  our  country  became  in- 
volved in  a  serious  controversy  with  France.  Hostilities  had  commenced 
and  a  great  war  was  impending.  In  this  emergency  all  eyes  turned  toward 
Washington,  then  in  retirement  at  Mount  Vernon.  President  Adams,  in 
response  to  the  voice  of  the  people,  called  upon  Washington  to  take  com- 
mand of  the  national  forces,  and  he,  at  great  personal  sacrifice,  accepted 
the  position.  When  the  weight  of  Washington's  renown  as  a  warrior  and 
statesman  were  thrown  into  the  scales  France  lowered  her  pretensions  and 
proceeded  without  delay  to  re-establish  amicable  relations  with  this  coun- 
try. These  prominent  instances  to  which  I  have  referred  are  only  illlus- 
trations  of  the  thousands  of  ways  in  which  the  moral  influence  of  Wash- 
ington worked  for  good.  All  his  speeches  and  writings  and  his  whole 
public  life  were  aglow  with  intense  devotion  to  his  country.  His  influence 
was  a  steady,  vitalizing  and  improving  force.  Our  duty  as  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  is  to  cherish  and  keep  alive  this  influence.  Our 
heritage  comes  to  us  with  this  responsibility.  We  want  more  of  Washing- 
ton's courage  in  our  government,  more  of  his  purity  among  our  public 
men,  and  more  of  his  ardent  patriotism  among  our  people.  Our  Republic 
will  be  safe  in  the  hands  of  men  who  follow  in  the  footsteps  of  Washington. 


"The  story  of  the  Past  a  Lesson  for  the  Present "  was  pre- 
sented by  John  F.  Gowey,  Esq.,  who  said  : 

MR.  PRESIDENT  AND  COMPATRIOTS  : 

Our  gallant  sires  !    We  drink  to  them 

Who  blazed  the  way  with  loyal  zest, 
And  gave  to  Union's  diadem 

The  myriad  jewels  of  the  West. 


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One  can  hardly  be  expected  to  give  utterance  to  words  that  are  in 
accordance  with  the  spirit  of  the  occasion  and  at  the  same  time  present 
new  thoughts  for  consideration.  The  verbiage  may  be  changed  and  the 
metaphor  varied,  yet  the  truisms  of  live  and  love,  of  philosophy  and  gov- 
ernment remain  the  same.  Love  and  hope,  despair  and  passion  are  as  old 
as  time.  The  seeds  of  truth,  honor,  virtue  and  courage,  the  sentiments  of 
loyalty  and  patriotism,  were  sown  in  the  dim  domain  of  antiquity  and  have 
existed  since  man  became  conscious  of  a  living  soul. 

Looking  backward  over  the  centuries,  gleaning  for  types  of  all  that 
concern  the  deep  things  of  life,  we  are  compelled  to  say  that  of  old  there 
were  statesmen  as  great,  philosophers  as  wise,  captains  as  valiant  and  peo- 
ples as  liberty  loving  as  can  be  found  in  modern  times.  Not  that  man  is 
incapable  of  growth  and  development  and  has  not  improved  individually 
and  collectively,  for  history  is  but  the  record  of  his  progress  along  the 
lines  for  which  "  governments  were  instituted  among  men." 

It  has  been  said  that  liberty  has  become  a  hackneyed  subject  and 
freedom  worn  commonplace ;  this  could  be  answered  as  was  one  who 
sneered  at  what  he  termed  the  "  cant  of  patriotism."  "I  quite  agree," 
said  the  speaker,  "  that  the  cant  of  patriotism  is  a  bad  thing,  but  I  can  tell 
him  a  worse  —  the  recant  of  patriotism  —  which  I  will  gladly  go  along  with 
him  in  reprobating  when  he  shows  me  an  example  of  it." 

For  one  I  still  believe  in  the  age  of  faith  and  freedom,  still  go  over  in 
loving  remembrance  the  bead  roll  of  our  nation's  honored  names  and  yet 
imagine  that  in  the  life  of  Washington  we  have  the  loftiest  example  of  pa- 
triotism that  the  world  can  show,  and  in  the  record  of  the  birth  of  these 
United  States  a  most  salutary  lesson  in  all  that  ennobles  the  citizen  and 
makes  a  nation  great.  The  men  of  the  past,  of  our  Colonial  and  Revolu- 
tionary period,  have  had  thrown  around  their  sacred  forms  the  halo  that 
history  gives  to  the  noble  and  great  of  all  ages.  The  shadows  of  time  have 
made  saints  of  some  and  heroes  of  them  all.  Their  petty  vices,  faults  of 
mind  and  infirmities  of  temper  have  all  been  hidden  or  swept  away  by 
"  time's  effacing  finger,"  and  they  stand  before  us  and  in  the  pages  of  his- 
tory as  Godlike  men  cast  in  an  heroic  mold.  The  intrepid  action,  the 
noble  character  alone  remain  for  our  contemplation  and  inspiration. 

Of  all  man's  institutions  history  records  no  grander  hope  for  humanity 
than  the  government  our  fathers  gave  to  mankind ;  time's  annals  fail  to 
show  so  bright  a  bow  of  promise  to  the  sons  of  men ;  they  spoke  for  it, 
prayed  for  it,  fought  for  it,  died  for  it,  and  with  us  rests  its  perpetuity. 

Well  has  it  been  said  "  It  is  a  question  for  us  now,  not  of  the  found- 
ing of  a  new  government,  but  of  the  preservation  of  one  already  old  ;  not 
of  the  formation  of  an  independent  power,  but  of  the  purification  of  a 
nation's  life;  not  of  the  subjection  of  a  foreign  foe,  but  of  the  subjection 
of  ourselves.  The  dangers  of  to-day  come  from  within,  the  love  of  power, 
the  lust  for  gold,  the  weakening  of  faith,  the  decay  of  public  virtue  ;  these 


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are  the  perils  that  threaten  our  future ;  these  are  the  enemies  we  have  to 
fear. ' ' 

With  increased  devotion  we  must  be  baptized  anew  in  the  waters  of 
freedom,  scan  again  the  utterances  of  the  patriotic  sages,  "be  true  to  the 
teachings  of  our  history,  and  love  our  country  before  all  other  things,"  if 
the  Republic  is  to  live  among  the  nations  of  the  earth. 

I  do  not  know  that  the  hands  are  weak, 

Or  the  brain  unused  to  plan  ; 
That  the  tongue  delays  the  truth  to  speak, 

Or  the  foot  to  march  in  the  van  ; 
But  I  know  full  well  that  we  need  not  seek 

In  vain  for  a  Minute  Man. 


In  these  closing  years  of  the  century  wherein  we  see  so  much  of  strife 
and  bitterness  between  the  so-called  classes  of  society,  when  we  hear  on 
the  one  hand  of  the  greed  and  tyranny  of  corporations,  and  on  the  other 
read  of  strikes  and  labor  riots,  we  are  reminded  that  history  is  mainly 
given  to  recording  the  struggles  of  men  and  the  continual  changes  in  the 
relations  of  classes.  The  lesson  taught  is  "  that  popular  government  rests 
on  public  character,"  and  that  liberty  and  law,  or  liberty  and  order,  must 
go  together ;  that  there  can  be  no  safety  in  the  one  without  the  other. 

In  the  midst  of  the  new  and  ever  changing  social  and  economic  ques- 
tions which  perplex  and  agitate  the  public  mind  ;  in  the  swift  whirl  of  po- 
litical strife  and  the  ceaseless  din  of  the  mad  race  for  wealth ;  amid  the 
clouds  and  shadows  that  envelope  the  relations  of  capital  and  labor,  the 
desire  for  mental  and  material  improvement  must  not  be  taken  for  the 
murmurings  of  the  discontented,  or  the  agitation  of  labor  as  a  protest 
against  free  institutions.  Let  not  the  timid  be  disheartened  nor  the  pes- 
simist encouraged  by  such  manifestations.  These  problems  are  not  con- 
fined to  our  shores  nor  to  our  time  ;  they  are  as  widespread  as  civilization 
itself,  and  in  the  future  as  in  the  past  will  continue  to  engross  the  best 
thought  of  man. 

There  can  never  be  a  final  solution  of  questions  affecting  our  material 
interests.  Our  conditions  are  constantly  changing,  and,  with  the  advent  of 
new  forces  and  new  ideals,  come  new  problems.  "  There  will  never  come 
some  one  epoch  of  time  when  mankind  will,  so  to  speak,  be  able  to  fold  its 
hands  and  take  to  enjoying  itself  and  having  a  universal '  good  time,'  "  such 
a  state  of  affairs  were  to  do  away  with  all  that  gives  an  impetus  to  life 
and  all  incentive  to  human  action. 

The  labor  and  social  questions  of  the  present  day  need  elevation  to  a 
higher  plane,  for  without  a  distinctly  ethical,  not  to  say  religious,  purpose 
that  runs  with  and  sways  the  current  of  our  lives,  we  lose  the  hope,  the  in- 
spiration that  gives  to  life  its  real  value  and  makes  of  us  something  more 
than  mere  food  and  raiment-getting  machines. 


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The  history  of  the  past  throws  light  upon  the  difficulties  of  the  pres- 
ent, and  the  sacrifices  and  achievements  of  the  sires  should  incite  the  sons 
to  renewed  effort  in  maintaining  and  building  up  the  fabric  of  government 
and  national  life  laid  down  by  them. 

So  let  us  perform  the  full  measure  of  our  duty  by  deed  and  word,  that 
amid  the  antogonisms  of  party  strife,  the  evolution  of  new  and  immeasur- 
able forces  in  life  and  the  varying  social  phenomena  of  the  day,  one  star 
shall  shine  serene  in  our  country's  firmament,  undimmed  by  selfish  fear, 
undaunted  by  faction's  cry  and  radiant  with  patriotic  fire  —  the  star  of  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 


Colonel  James  Jackson,  U.  S.  Army,  a  member  of  the  New 
York  Society  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  responded  to 
"Patriotic  Societies  the  Promoters  of  National  Sentiment,"  as 
follows  : 

In  the  last  decade  there  has  been  a  large  addition  to  the  number  of 
Patriotic  Societies  and  an  increased  effort  upon  the  part  of  those  already 
existing  to  stimulate  patriotic  feeling.  This  arises,  no  doubt,  from  the  ap- 
prehension of  the  American  element  in  this  country  that  tendencies  are  de- 
veloping which,  if  not  checked,  will  endanger  the  government  and  institu- 
tions established  by  our  forefathers  and  subsequently  maintained  by  our 
generation  at  such  a  cost  of  blood  and  treasure.  Homogeneous  peoples, 
members  of  some  one  great  race,  having  the  same  characteristics  and  sym- 
pathies, are  usually  patriotic,  that  is,  devoted  to  the  welfare  of  the  whole 
people,  because  in  that  lies  the  best  interests  of  the  individual ;  but  in  com- 
munities made  up  of  radically  different  races,  without  common  ancestry  or 
tradition,  the  sentiment  of  patriotism,  the  common  bond  of  a  common 
people,  weakens  and  dies  out  if  not  specially  nurtured  and  cultivated. 

One  great  reason  for  the  growing  lack  of  national  sentiment  in  this 
country  is  the  enormous  tide  of  immigration  poured  upon  our  shores  since 
the  civil  war,  so  great  that  it  could  not  be  merged  with  the  Anglo-Saxon 
population,  and  retained  largely  the  customs,  traditions  and  instincts  of  the 
race  in  foreign  lands. 

Much  of  this  immigration  was  valuable,  but  much  of  it  also  was  venal 
and  vicious.  And  there  came,  increasingly  in  later  years,  masses  of  men 
from  decadent,  mixed  and  conquered  races,  who  for  ages  had  had  but  little 
interest  in  a  common  country  or  a  common  heritage,  and  could  have  none 
whatever  in  ours,  and  whose  every  thought  and  action  was  centered  in  self. 
To  this  class  of  people  equally  with  the  men  whose  courage  and  patriotism 
made  the  Republic  and  those  of  kindred  races  who  came  here  intending  to 
unite  with  it  and  share  its  fortunes,  was  given  the  ballot,  and  it  was 
promptly  treated  as  a  commercial  bounty  and  sold  to  the  highest  bidder, 


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the  example  spreading  to  the  vicious  and  indifferent  of  all  races.  This  in- 
troduced into  our  political  system  a  large  and  constantly  increasing  pur- 
chasable element.  It  was  the  opportunity  of  the  plutocrat  and  the  money- 
getter  and  they  quickly  took  advantage  of  it  to  buy  for  themselves  or  tools 
the  places  of  power  and  influence  that  had  heretofore  been  awarded  by 
patriotic  voters  to  brains  and  statesmanship  and  use  these  offices  for  indi- 
vidual gain.  From  this  time  on  we  find  an  accumulating  selfishness  in 
public  action,  a  corresponding  neglect  of  national  interests  and  a  cowering 
of  patriotic  tone  and  purpose  in  national  statecraft.  Statemanship  which 
did  not  pay  was  scouted  as  an  iridescent  dream,  and  "practical  politics," 
the  statesmanship  of  the  pocketbook,  became  the  rule  of  our  political 
existence.  Legislation  is  more  and  more  a  system  of  mutual  help  in 
procuring  local  subsidies  and  personal  aggrandizement.  The  national 
treasury  is  considered  a  legitimate  object  of  prey,  rather  than  a  means 
of  building  up  national  prosperity  and  maintaining  the  standing  and 
character  of  the  nation  among  the  powers  of  the  world.  The  national 
life  and  interests  by  which  all  would  be  benefited,  national  character  built 
up,  national  integrity  preserved,  national  prosperity  assured,  have  been 
measurably  sacrificed  to  local  greed  and  personal  gain.  To  this  condition 
have  we  come  at  last,  that  the  ship  of  state  drifts  helplessly  towards  the 
destroying  breakers  while  the  crew  are  engaged  in  fighting  for  the  cargo. 

We  are  apt  to  charge  this  lamentable  state  of  affairs  upon  our  rulers 
and  legislators,  but  the  people  themselves  are  largely  to  blame  for  it. 
Most  legislators  are  truly  representative  men,  reflecting  accurately  the 
character  and  purposes  of  their  constituency  ;  ' '  water  will  not  rise  higher 
than  its  source,"  and  a  venal,  selfish  and  unpatriotic  majority  need  not 
expect  statesman-like  action  from  their  representatives.  The  remedy,  if 
there  is  to  be  one,  must  begin  with  the  people.  We  have  brought  this  con- 
dition upon  ourselves  by  paramount  devotion  to  local  interests,  greed  of 
gain  and  the  violation  of  nature's  law  of  race  integrity,  and  must  work  out 
of  it  as  best  we  can.  It  seems  to  me  that  one  necessary  step  towards  it,  is 
to  inculcate  a  national  sentiment  in  all  manner  of  ways,  to  teach  patriotism 
to  all  the  children  of  the  land  and  to  teach  it  from  the  primer  to  the  calcu- 
lus. To  hold  up  for  emulation  those  grand  patriots  whose  sacrifice  and 
suffering  gave  to  mankind  the  best  government  for  the  people  the  world 
has  yet  seen  and  to  impress  upon  them  that  they  can  only  continue  to 
enjoy  its  benefits  by  the  perpetuation  of  the  institutions  established  by  our 
forefathers  and  the  exercise  of  the  same  unselfish  patriotism  which  called 
them  into  existence. 

Patriotism,  devotion  to  the  welfare  of  the  whole  people,  is  an  up-build- 
ing and  conserving  power ;  it  is  the  principle  of  union  and  cohesion  illus- 
trated in  ^Esop's  fable  of  the  bundle  of  fagots,  while  selfishness,  local  and 
personal,  is  disorganizing  and  disintegrating  and  when  once  it  predom- 
inates can  only  end  in  dissolution.  There  is  great  need  in  this  country  for 
patriotic  societies  to  build  up  a  national  sentiment  and  to  maintain  and 
propagate  the  better  ideas  of  American  national  life,  to  controvert  the 


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gross  and  deadening  materialism  of  latter  day  politics,  and  to  preserve  and 
disseminate  the  histories  and  work  of  our  patriotic  sires.  Their  memories 
should  not  be  buried  in  the  tomb  of  the  past  and  so  lost  to  the  world  as 
examples  and  inspirations,  but  should  become  household  words  in  every 
family,  stimulating  to  that  patriotism  which  is  not  only  willing  to  die  for 
the  country  when  needed,  but  to  live  for  it  always  and  to  make  its  honor 
and  welfare  and  destiny  paramount  to  every  local  and  personal  considera- 
tion. 

The  ancestor  from  whom  comes  my  title  to  belong  to  the  Society  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  was  the  proprietor  of  a  brass  foun- 
dry in  Philadelphia  when  the  Revolutionary  war  commenced.  He  imme- 
diately set  his  furnaces  and  factor}7  to  work  manufacturing  cannon,  arms 
and  ammunition  for  the  patriot  army.  He  organized  the  first  cavalry 
troop  and  the  first  artillery  company  formed  during  the  war,  and  was  at 
different  times  an  officer  in  each.  During  the  hard  winter  of  1778  he  was  a 
volunteer  aide  on  Washington's  staff  at  Valley  Forge,  and  did  all  in  his 
power  to  relieve  the  sufferings  of  the  patriot  army.  When  the  British 
occupied  Philadelphia  they  destroyed  all  property  of  his  that  could  be 
found,  but  when  they  retired  he  again  set  his  furnaces  to  work  manufactur- 
ing supplies  for  Washington's  army.  For. a  large  part  of  these  supplies  the 
Continental  Congress  failed  to  pay  him,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  he  had 
sacrificed  most  of  his  fortune  in  his  patriotic  endeavor  to  free  this  country 
from  British  domination.  Had  he  lived  in  these  times  and  been  animated 
with  the  spirit  of  this  age,  he  would,  no  doubt  have  furnished  defective 
armor  plates  for  the  war  ships  of  his  country  and  achieved  a  colossal  for- 
tune in  doing  it  and  have  been  lauded  and  honored  for  the  accomplish- 
ment of  so  successful  a  business  transaction.  It  was  such  men  as  he  —  and 
they  appear  to  have  been  numerous  in  those  days  —  that  made  it  possible 
for  a  new  and  thinly  populated  country  to  achieve  its  independence  from 
the  greatest  military  power  in  the  world.  Such  patriotism  is  invincible  in 
war  and  incorruptible  in  peace  ;  any  people  informed  and  permeated  with 
its  spirit  must  always  occupy  a  commanding  position  of  power  and  in- 
fluence. 

To  us  has  been  given  the  greatest  country  and  the  grandest  opportunity 
of  any  nation  of  modern  times.  Our  domain  extends  from  the  Arctic  circle 
to  the  torrid  zone,  and  there  is  nothing  necessary  to  human  existence  or 
comfort,  to  progress  or  civilization,  that  can  not  be  supplied  within  our 
boundaries.  We  virtually  control  a  continent  laved  by  two  great  oceans, 
giving  us  a  practically  unassailable  location  if  we  use  ordinary  judgment 
and  prudence  in  our  measures  for  defense.  When  we  prove  equal  to  our 
opportunity — when  we  become  a  NATION,  animated  by  a  nation's  pride  and 
purpose,  and  not  a  mere  aggregation  of  petty,  jarring  and  discordant  local- 
ities, when  "  Earth's  greatest  country's  gut  her  soul  and  risen  up  Earth's 
greatest  nation  "• — we  may  dominate  the  world's  destinies.  Our  flag  will 
float  unchallenged  on  every  sea,  our  commerce  and  manufactures  penetrate 
unchecked  to  every  corner  of  the  globe,  our  citizens  be  honored  and 


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respected  in  every  land,  our  securities  and  corporate  interests  be  the  syno- 
nym for  safety  and  integrity  in  every  market,  and  our  people  prosperous 
beyond  their  dreams  ;  but  all  this  is  only  possible  to  the  predominance  of  a 
courageous  and  purposeful  national  sentiment  in  the  councils  of  the  nation 
and  among  the  people.  It  should  be  the  duty  of  patriotic  societies,  of  all 
true  Americans,  and  especially  of  the  descendants  of  those  grand  men  who 
illustrated  the  practical  value  of  patriotism  in  their  lives  and  deeds,  to  culti- 
vate this  sentiment.  May  we  not  hope  that  a  united  and  determined  effort 
will  turn  the  tide  of  sordid  influences  now  hastening  our  destruction,  and 
that  a  refluent  wave  of  patriotic  purpose  will  bear  us  onward  to  higher 
ideals  and  a  grander  destiny  ?  The  harbingers  of  evil  days  are  plentiful ; 
organized  selfishness,  sordid  statesmanship,  a  prostituted  franchise,  local 
and  sectional  jealousies  and  the  unnecessary  impoverishment  of  the  people 
are  all  influences  tending  to  deaden  and  destroy  patriotic  sentiment,  and 
without  a  prevailing  patriotism  among  the  people  this  Union  of  States  is  a 
rope  of  sand  and  will  go  to  pieces,  leaving  to  history  the  record  of  one 
more  futile  attempt  at  government  by  the  people.  Let  us  believe  with  our 
great  poet,  Lowell,  that  this  is  not  to  be : 

O  strange  New  World  that  yit  wast  never  young, 

Whose  youth  from  thee  by  gripin'  need  was  wrung  ; 

Brown  foundlin'  o'  the  woods,  whose  baby-bed 

Was  prowled  roun1  by  the  Injun's  cracklin'  tread  ; 

Who  yit  grew'st  strong  thru  shifts  an'  wants  an'  pains, 

Nussed  by  stern  men  with  empires  in  their  brains, 

Who  saw  in  vision  their  young  Ishmel  strain 

With  each  hard  hand  a  vassal  ocean's  main. 

Thou  !  skilled  by  freedom  an'  by  gret  events, 

To  pitch  new  states  ez  Old  World  men  pitch  tents  ; 

Thou  !  taught  by  Fate  to  know  Jehovah's  plan 

That  man's  devices  can't  unmake  a  man  ; 

THE  GRAVE'S  NOT  DUG  where  traitor  hands  shall  lay 

In  fearful  haste  thy  murdered  corse  away. 


"Nihilism  and  Paternalism  "  was  discussed  by  Thomas  G. 
Greene,  Esq.  He  showed  in  befitting  phrase  that  neither  of 
these  were  in  the  thoughts  and  purposes  of  the  man  of  '76,  and 
should  find  no  resting  place  with  us. 

A  number  of  gentlemen  spoke  to  sentiments  suggested  by 
the  occasion,  and  much  humor  and  many  bright  witticisms 
marked  the  fleeting  hours  until  the  dial  hand  marked  the  begin- 
ing  of  another  day,  when  "good  nights  "  were  said. 

At  the  day  meeting  Col.  J.  K.  Philips  read  a  paper,  which 
was  ordered  to  be  published  in  the  Year  Book,  on  "  Footsteps  of 
Washington. ' '  It  is  as  follows  : 


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It  is  most  appropriate  that  on  this  anniversary  day  Americans  should 
put  aside  their  ordinary  avocations  and  pass  a  portion  of  the  time  in  con- 
templating the  life  and  character  of  the  great  Washington. 

Two  influences  are  so  far  reaching  and  so  all  potent  in  moulding  hu- 
man character  that  no  just  estimate  of  it  may  be  formed  without  consider- 
ing them.  These  are  heredity  and  environment.  If  the  influence  of  these 
are  good  and  wholesome  we  may  expect  the  character  they  produce  to  be 
symmetrical,  harmonious,  complete  and,  humanly  speaking,  perfect. 
Where  these  exert  a  malign  influence  genius  may  break  away  to  some 
extent,  and  present  us  with  great  and  notable  characters,  but  they  will  be 
marred  ;  as  Caesar's,  by  inordinate  ambition  ;  as  Cromwell's,  with  narrow 
bigotry  ;  as  Napoleon's,  by  superlative  selfishness. 

Viewing  the  well  rounded  and  completed  character  of  Washington 
we  may  easily  believe  that  the  formative  influences  which  produced  it 
were  of  the  most  fortunate.  So  indeed  they  were.  He  descended  from 
good  ancestry  of  great  respectability  and  noted  for  independence  and  pa- 
triotism. His  great-great-grandfather  commanded  troops  raised  by  Vir- 
ginia and  Maryland  to  repel  the  incursions  of  certain  Indian  tribes,  and  is 
spoken  of  as  a  good  and  public  spirited  citizen.  His  father  is  described  as 
a  handsome,  strong,  prosperous,  happy  and  much  respected  man.  His 
mother  was  regarded  as  a  woman  of  notable  good  sense,  self  reliance,  in- 
dustry, frugality  and  high  principle,  whose  ambition  was  for  herself  to  be 
a  good  wife  and  mother,  and  for  her  son  to  be  a  prosperous,  contented  and 
happy  planter.  Surrounded  by  the  simple  habits  and  homely,  rugged  pur- 
suits incident  to  plantation  life,  he  early  acquired  a  love  of  the  open  air 
and  a  keen  relish  for  outdoor  occupations  and  amusements  that  remained 
with  him  through  life.  The  affectionate  esteem  with  which  his  brothers  — 
Augustine  and  Lawrence  —  regarded  him,  and  the  friendship  of  the  Fair- 
faxes, were  of  incalculable  advantage  to  him  all  through  life.  These 
brought  him  into  association  with  men  of  wealth,  education,  experience 
and  influence,  and  women  of  culture,  refinement  and  good  breeding. 
Even  the  instruction  in  military  tactics  by  the  old  adjutant,  Muse,  and  the 
lessons  in  fencing  by  Van  Braam  were  happy  adjuncts.  His  choice  of  a 
profession  was  also  most  fortunate.  Besides  bringing  him  much  needed 
doubloons  and  pistoles,  it  brought  him  to  the  notice  of  land  holders  and 
made  him  widely  and  favorably  known  and  laid  the  foundation  of  that 
independent  fortune  that  was  so  essential  to  the  success  of  his  life.  It  also 
begot  that  methodical  habit  of  recording  transactions  which  has  given  us 
our  closest  insight  to  his  character. 

Between  the  ages  of  sixteen  and  nineteen  years  we  find  him  executing 
extended  surveys  of  wild  lands.  These  expeditions  took  him  into  the  wil- 
derness and  required  him  to  "  rough  it"  amid  perils  from  wild  beasts  and 
savages.  At  barely  nineteen  years  of  age  he  is  appointed  one  of  the  Adju- 
tants General  of  Virginia  with  the  rank  of  major  and  the  pay  of  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pounds  a  year.  This  was  a  position  of  considerable  respon- 


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sibility  and  exercised  his  knowledge  of  military  tactics  and  familiarized 
him  with  the  organization  and  discipline  of  troops.  The  French  and 
Indians  had  become  insolent  and  aggressive  on  the  western  frontier,  and 
Dinwiddie,  the  Scotch  Governor  of  Virginia,  selected  young  Major  Wash- 
ington, who  had  just  reached  his  majority,  and,  especially  commissioning 
him  thereto,  appointed  him  "  his  express  messenger"  to  bear  the  guberna- 
torial message  to  the  French  commander  in  that  quarter  and  bring  back 
the  Frenchman's  reply.  It  was  an  arduous,  perilous,  delicate  and  most 
important  mission,  requiring  profound  knowledge  of  woodcraft  as  well  as 
of  human  nature,  a  physical  and  moral  courage  that  nothing  could  daunt, 
and  intelligence  that  could  not  be  deceived.  It  is  most  remarkable  that  a 
young  man,  a  boy  of  twenty-one,  should  have  been  charged  with  so  great 
an  undertaking,  yet  the  young  man  executed  the  task  in  such  a  manner  as 
reflected  credit  upon  himself,  and  demonstrated  that  he  possessed  in  the 
highest  degree  the  faculty  of  clear  discernment  and  correct  conclusion. 
Virginia  now  authorized  the  raising  of  two  companies  and  Major  Washing- 
ton was  placed  in  command.  This  force  was  shortly  greatly  increased  and 
Washington  raised  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel  under  Colonel  Fry, 
and  an  expedition  set  out  to  take  possession  of  the  forks  of  the  Ohio. 

Washington  commanded  the  advance.  Pushing  out  from  Wills 
Creek  he  reconnoitered  as  far  south  as  Ohio  Pyle  Falls  on  the  Youghio- 
gheny  river.  Receiving  information  from  friendly  Indians  that  a  party  of 
French  and  Indians  were  in  the  vicinity  waiting  an  opportunity  to  attack 
him  he  set  out  at  the  head  of 'forty  men,  and  on  May  28,  1754,  came  upon 
the  enemy,  and,  in  an  engagement  of  about  twenty  minutes  killed  ten, 
wounded  one  and  captured  twenty-one.  Jumonville,  the  French  com- 
mandant, was  killed.  This  was  the  first  engagement  of  the  long  and 
bloody  French  and  Indian  war.  Colonel  Fry  dying,  Washington  assumed 
command  and  collected  his  forces  at  the  Great  Meadows  and  there  con- 
structed the  rude  defense  named  Fort  Necessity,  where  he  was  attacked  by 
a  superior  force  of  French  and  Indians,  and,  after  a  sharp  struggle,  was 
forced  to  surrender.  The  terms  of  surrender  (drawn  up  in  French)  were 
imperfectly  translated  into  English  by  Van  Braam  and  it  was  made  to  ap- 
pear that  Jumouville  had  been  assassinated,  as  the  French  claimed. 

While  Washington  was  struggling  to  obey  orders  by  completing  his 
regiment,  a  law  was  passed  at  the  instance  of  Dinwiddie  by  which  Colonial 
officers  were  outranked  by  officers  of  the  same  grade  sent  over  from  Eng- 
land. Washington  very  promptly  and  properly  resigned.  Braddock  hav- 
ing come  from  England  as  commander-in-chief  of  all  his  majesty's  forces 
in  North  America,  Washington  became  an  aide  to  that  officer. 

The  expedition  for  the  reduction  of  Fort  Duquesne,  under  the  imme- 
diate command  of  Braddock,  followed  almost  the  identical  path  of  Wash- 
ington's first  journey  to  the  forks  of  the  Ohio.  Below  the  mouth  of  the 
Youghiogheny  the  column  crossed  to  the  south  side  of  the  Monongahela 
river,  along  which  it  marched  some  three  miles,  and  then  re-crossed  to  the 


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north  side  about  half  a  mile  from  the  mouth  of  Turtle  Creek  and  the  cabin 
of  John  Frazier,  a  gunsmith,  Indian  trader  and  hunter.  We  may  now  re- 
call how  Washington  had  repeatedly  warned  Braddock  to  be  cautious  and 
suggested  that  some  provincial  troops  be  placed  in  advance,  but  his  warn- 
ing was  unheeded  and  his  advice  received  with  contempt.  The  column 
passed  across  the  lower  bottom,  up  the  ascending  slope  toward  the  high 
hills  a  mile  distant  from  the  river.  From  these  hills  and  at  points  a  few 
hundred  yards  between,  rise  two  deep  ravines,  which,  in  diverging  course, 
pass  down  the  slope  and  are  lost  in  the  lower  land.  At  niy  earliest  recol- 
lection of  these  they  were  about  ten  feet  deep  and  would  conceal  about  ten 
thousand  infantry.  Colonel  Gage,  whom  we  afterwards  know  as  General 
and  commander-in-chief  at  New  York  and  Boston,  had  the  advance.  The 
whole  column  had  passed  between  the  ravines  with  its  head  well  up  toward 
the  hill,  when  suddenly  from  a  concealed  foe,  at  short  range  and  on  both 
flanks,  was  opened  a  murderous  fire.  We  need  not  repeat  the  story  of 
Braddock's  defeat.  We  may  recall  how  Washington  raged  as  a  fury  ;  how 
he  handled  one  of  the  brass  field  pieces  as  if  it  had  been  a  mere  toy ;  how 
he  bewailed  the  fate  of  the  provincial  troops,  crying  :  "  My  poor  Virgin- 
ians !  Oh,  my  poor  Virginians  ;  "  and  how,  with  a  handful  of  these  "  Vir- 
ginians," he  covered  the  retreat  until  the  remnant  of  the  army  reached 
Dunbar,  the  rear  guard  and  the  baggage,  forty  miles  distant. 

Washington's  display  of  feeling  on  this  field  we  find  repeated  when 
from  Fort  Lee  he  saw  his  brave  men  surrendered  and  disarmed  at  Fort 
Washington,  then  stabbed  to  death  by  Hessian  bayonets.  We  again  see 
the  same  fierce  spirit  blaze  like  an  avenging  deity  upon  the  traitorous 
Charles  Lee  on  the  field  of  Monmouth. 

One  of  the  officers  brought  off  in  safety  from  Braddocks'  fated  field  we 
are  constrained  to  wish  had  fallen  there  —  the  weak,  selfish,  envious 
Gates.  Had  Washington's  advice  been  heeded  there  is  little  doubt  victory 
would  have  crowned  this  expedition.  After  crossing  the  river  had  the 
column  obliqued  to  the  right,  keeping  Turtle  Creek  close  on  its  right  flank 
until  it  reached  the  point  where  that  stream  breaks  through  the  range 
of  hills  and  where  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  crosses  it  at  Brinton  Sta- 
tion, and  then  turned  sharply  to  the  left,  the  high  ground  would  have  been 
reached  and  a  line  of  march  that  could  not  easily  have  been  ambushed. 

After  this  disaster  theJFrench  and  Indians  became  yet  more  trouble- 
some and  aggressive,  and  Washington  passed  the  greater  portion  of  his 
time  organizing  and  directing  the  provincial  militia  in  defense  of  the  set- 
tlers, until  the  second  expedition  was  organized  under  command  of  General 
Forbes,  Washington  commanding  the  Virginia  troops.  Here  again  the 
wise  advice  of  Washington  as  to  route  of  march  was  unheeded.  Instead  of 
taking  the  Braddock's  route,  which  is  the  more  direct,  and,  because  it  pur- 
sues natural  water  courses,  by  far  the  easier,  Forbes  chose  one  more  to  the 
north  and  crossing  some  three  mountain  chains.  Roads  had  to  be  cut 
through  forests  and  streams  bridged,  all  at  great  expenditure  of  labor  and 
time. 


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This  so  delayed  the  march  that  the  column  had  only  reached  the 
Loyal  Hana,  sixty  miles  from  the  French  fort,  in  November.  Here  a  coun- 
cil of  war  decided  to  give  up  the  attempt  and  return.  Washington's  Vir- 
ginians formed  the  advance  of  the  column  and  his  vigilance  had  warded 
off  all  danger  of  Indian  surprise.  He  had  learned  from  his  scouts  that  the 
French  garrison  was  weak  and  the  commandant  very  apprehensive  of  the 
threatened  attack.  He  therefore  earnestly  urged  a  forward  movement,  to 
which  Forbes  finally  gave  assent.  Next  to  the  last  encampment  of  Forbes 
was  almost  within  rifle  shot  of  the  point  at  which  we  have  seen  Braddock 
cross  to  the  south  side  of  the  Monongahela,  and  he  crossed  Turtle  Creek 
and  gained  the  highlands  at  the  point  on  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  al- 
ready mentioned,  passing  the  field  of  Braddock's  defeat  a  mile  or  more  on 
his  left  flank. 

.  With  the  exception  of  the  loss  entailed  by  the  foolhardy  action  of 
Captain  Grant  and  a  detachment  of  his  Highlanders,  the  victory  was 
bloodless,  as  the  garrison,  setting  fire  to  the  fort,  took  to  their  boats  and 
escaped  down  the  Ohio. 

To  Washington  more  than  all  others  we  may  justly  ascribe  the  suc- 
cessful issue  of  the  expedition.  He  now  stands  where  five  years  before, 
while  waiting  for  his  baggage,  he  had  passed  an  hour  noting  the  eligible 
site  for  a  fort.  If  he  could  stand  there  to-day  he  would  not  see  Killbuck 
or  Smoky  Island  ;  the  floods  have  carried  it  away.  The  island  upon  which ' 
he  and  Gist  passed  a  terrible  December  night  is  now  but  little  larger  than 
a  town  lot.  Borne  upon  the  shoulders  of  the  highest  adjacent  hill  (named 
in  his  honor,  Mount  Washington)  rests  a  populous  ward  of  a  mighty  city. 

It  was  most  fortunate  for  the  Colonies  that  in  the  struggle  for  this 
position  and  the  contiguous  territory  the  arms  of  England  triumphed. 
The  long  contest  during  which,  says  Franklin,  "  the  Colonies  had  raised, 
paid  and  clothed  nearly  twenty-five  thousand  men,"  was  the  rugged  school 
in  which  the  Colonists  learned  the  art  of  war,  and  in  which  a  number  of 
our  Revolutionary  officers  gained  invaluable  experience.  When  we  study 
the  early  influences  that  surrounded  Washington,  and,  following  his  foot- 
steps, watch  the  unfolding  and  development  of  his  character,  we  are  pre- 
pared to  endorse  Patrick  Henry's  estimate  of  him,  and  to  second  the  mo- 
tion of  Thomas  Johnson,  of  Maryland,  that  on  June  15,  1775,  made  him 
commander-in-chief  of  the  Continental  army. 

No  other  man  was  qualified  for  the  trust  in  anything  like  his  measure. 
Who  save  him  could  have  organized  armies,  conducted  campaigns,  fought 
battles,  suffered  disasters  and  won  victories  under  like  conditions.  When 
all  around  him  was  gloomy  and  men's  hearts  were  filled  with  despair, 
when  he  himself  might  well  have  said,  as  King  Richard,  "  Patience  is  stale, 
and  I  am  weary  of  it,"  he  never  lost  faith  nor  equanimity.  The  so-called 
Conway  cabal  would  have  overwhelmed  any  lesser  man.  The  unpopular 
French  alliance  but  for  Washington's  influence  would  have  been  more 
hurtful  than  helpful  to  the  Colonial  cause. 


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When  the  final  victory  was  won  and  kingly  power  and  honors  were  in 
his  grasp,  who  like  him  could  have  so  bidden  farewell  to  his  officers  as  to 
arouse  and  confirm  the  patriotism  of  the  most  halting.  To  whose  influ- 
ence so  much  as  his  do  we  owe  the  preparation  and  adoption  of  the 
national  Constitution  ?  Was  Washington  a  great  military  genius  ?  Let 
his  retreat  through  New  Jersey  bear  witness.  Let  Trenton  and  Princeton 
and  Monmouth  testify.  See  with  what  skill  and  energy  he  hurled  his  lit- 
tle army  of  eight  thousand  men  from  the  Hudson  to  the  Chesapeake  and 
compelled  the  surrender  at  Yorktown.  Ask  Frederick  the  Great  of  Prussia. 

Was  Washington  a  great  statesman  ?  Search  his  state  papers  ;  study 
his  farewell  address  and  be  answered.  The  youth  of  our  land  will  find  in 
his  character  the  safest  example  for  their  emulation.  The  Christian  patriot 
may  confidently  point  to  him  as  the  best  evidence  that  the  Eternal  One 
does  control  the  destiny  of  nations. 

Fitting  it  is  that  the  earliest  morning  light  should  gild  the  spires  of 
a  great  capital  bearing  his  name,  and  that  when  the  god  of  day  sinks  to 
rest  in  the  bosom  of  the  mighty  Pacific  his  last  rays  should  rest  on  the 
shores  of  an  empire  State  perpetuating  the  immortal  name  — WASHINGTON. 


ORGANIZATION  OF  CHAPTERS. 

It  early  became  apparent  that  the  growth  and  prosperity  of 
the  Society,  especially  in  Washington,  would  be  best  promoted 
by  the  formation  of  local  Chapters.  The  revised  By-L,aws  of  the 
Society  provided  that  not  fewer  than  seven  members  residing  in 
the  same  locality  might  farm  a  Chapter. 

The  compatriots  of  Spokane  were  first  to  so  organize. 
Colonel  J.  Kennedy  Stout,  who  was  the  third  admission  to  the 
Society  in  that  city,  actively  interested  himself  in  presenting  ad- 
ditional members.  The  requisite  number  having  been  reached, 
they  met  on  February  i,  1894,  adopted  a  Constitution  and  By- 
L/aws,  and  organized  by  electing  the  following  officers  : 

President COLONEL  J.  KENNEDY  STOUT. 

Vice-President  and  Treasurer A.  W.  DOLAND. 

Secretary  and  Registrar H.  M.  HOYT. 

Managers  .  .  .   \  W-  H-  MAXWELL, 

I  K.  K.  CUTTER. 


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The  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Society  accorded  them  offi- 
cial recognition  as  Spokane  Chapter  No.  i  .  They  have  held  a 
number  of  interesting  meetings,  notably  that  of  February  22, 
1895.  This  Chapter,  now  having  fifteen  members,  exists  as 
Chapter  No.  i  of  the  Washington  Society. 

At  Seattle  Mr.  A.  S.  Gibbs  issued  a  circular  letter  to  our 
members  residing  in  the  Sound  District,  urging  them  to  meet  at 
Seattle  September  25  and  form  a  Chapter.  This  met  a  gratifying 
response,  and  resulted  in  the  formation  of  Seattle  Chapter  No.  2, 
in  the  adoption  of  a  Constitution  and  By-L,aws,  and  in  the  elec- 
tion of  the  following  officers  : 

President  ............................................  E.  S.  SMITH. 

Vice-President  ................  '.  .......................  J.  B.  HOWE. 

Secretary  ...........................................  A.  S.  GIBBS. 

Treasurer  .............................................  FRANK  HANFORD. 

(  J.  W. 


Managers 

J.  F.  GOWEY. 

They  were  promptly  recognized  by  the  State  Society  and  in- 
creased public  interest  in  our  objects  have  confirmed  the  wisdom 
of  forming  these  organizations,  as  well  as  exemplified  the  zealous 
patriotism  of  their  organizers. 


THE  OFFICERS  OF  THE  SOCIETY 

Chosen  February  22,  1895,  are  : 

President COL.  T.  M.  ANDERSON,  U.  S.  A. 

Vice  President HON-  GEORGE  H.  WILLIAMS. 

Secretary P-  P-  DABNEY. 

Treasurer RALPH  W.  HOYT. 

Registrar     WALLACE  McCAMANT,  Esq. 

/  TYLER  WOODWARD, 

I  A.  E.  BORTHWICK, 

\  HON.  LAFAYETTE  GROVER, 

:  COL.  J.  K.  PHILIPS, 

Board  of  Managers   

\  J.  KENNEDY  STOUT,  Esq., 

V        Pres.  Spokane  Chapter  No.  i . 

I  E.  S.  SMITH, 

\         Pres.  Seattle  Chapter  No.  2. 


OF  MEMBERS. 

NOTE  :  —  Membership  in  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion is  based  on  lineal  descent  from  an  ancestor  who  assisted  the 
Colonies  in  securing  independence.  The  names  of  lineal  ances- 
tors are  printed  in  italics.  Whenever  in  this  list  the  services  of 
collateral  relatives  are  mentioned  the}'  are  given  simply  as  mat- 
ters of  historical  interest.  The  Society  does  not  require  the  line 
of  descent  to  be  given  further  back  than  to  the  Revolutionary 
ancestor,  but  many  of  our  members  trace  their  families  far 
beyond. 

State  National 

Number  Number 

i  ANDERSON,  THOMAS  McARTHUR.  6701 

COLONEL  HTH  INF.,  U.  S.  ARMY. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Richard  Clough  Anderson,  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Third  Virginia  Infantry,  Continental  Line,  and 
Brigadier-General  Virginia  Militia.  He  was  with  the  "  Boston 
Tea  Party"  in  1774,  commissioned  Captain,  March  7,  1776.  He 
was  present  at  Long  Island,  White  Plains,  Trenton,  Princeton 
and  at  Brandywine,  where  he  was  badly  wounded.  Commis- 
sioned Major,  February  10,  1778,  wounded  at  Savannah  and 
made  prisoner  at  Charleston.  Commissioned  Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel 1779.  Present  at  Yorktown  October,  1781,  as  A.  D.  C.  to 
General  La-Fayette.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  the 
Cincinnati. 


32         ' 
State  No.  National  No. 

125  ALEXANDER,  GEORGE  NELL.  7325 

STREET  COMMISSIONER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  William  Arnold,  a  Minute  Man  at 
the  Lexington  Alarm,  1775,  a  Sergeant  1775-7,  Quartermaster 
I778-9,  Lieutenant  1781.  Served  in  Captain  Stephen  Kimball's 
Company,  Colonel  Dan  Hitchcock's  Regiment,  also  in  Captain 
Abraham  Winsor's  Company,  Colonel  Brown's  Regiment,  and 
Captain  Wood's  Company,  Colonel  Elliott's  Regiment  of 
Rhode  Island  Troops.  After  the  war  a  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  Caleb  Arnold,  one  of  General 
Nat.  Greene's  Riflemen.  Seven  brothers  and  three  brothers- 
in-law  of  Caleb  Arnold  were  in  service  with  him,  his  wife  and 
daughters  cultivating  their  Rhode  Island  farm  with  their  own 
hands. 

71  ALLEN,  ETHAN  W.  6771 

MERCHANT. 

Great-grandson  of  Preserved  Kellogg,  Corporal  in  Captain 
Eben  Wood's  Company  of  Colonel  Eben  Wolbridge's  Regi- 
mont  of  Vermont  Militia. 

129  ALVORD,  WILLIAM  CULLUM.  7329 

ASSISTANT  BANK  CASHIER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  James  Claghorn,  Captain  in  Colonel 
James  Mead's  Regiment  Vermont  Militia.  Lieutenant-Colonel 
of  the  Fifth  Regiment  Vermont  Militia. 

45  APPLEGATE,  OLIVER  C.  6745 

STOCKRAISER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Richard  Applegate,  a  Soldier  of  the 
New  Jersey  Line,  who  entered  the  Army  with  his  two  oldest 
sons,  Benjamin  and  William,  about  the  beginning  of  the  war. 

(2).  Grandson  of  Daniel  Applegate,  a  Drummer  in  the  First 
Regiment,  also  in  the  Second  Regiment  New  Jersey  Conti- 
nental Line.  Daniel's  mother  being  dead,  he  was  bound  to 
"  a  steady  Dutch  farmer,"  near  Albany,  New  York.  At  eleven 
years  of  age,  his  father  and  brothers  being  in  the  Army,  he 
ran  off  from  his  patron  and  traveled  eighty  miles  to  the  Arm}' 
to  join  his  father.  The  Troops  to  which  father  and  brothers 
belonged  were  in  a  distant  locality,  but  a  kind-hearted  Colonel 
had  him  taught  music  and  also  to  read,  and  enlisted  him  as  a 
Drummer.  Daniel  was  also  a  Soldier  in  the  War  of  1812. 


33 

State  No-  *  National  No. 

46  APPLEGATE,  IVAN  DECATUR.  6740 

STOCKRAISER. 

Brother  of  O.  C.  Applegate.     See  No.  45. 

47  APPLEGATE,  LUCIEN  B.  6747 

STOCKRAISER. 

Brother  of  O.  C.  Applegate.     See  No.  45. 

120  APPLEGATE,  ELMER  IVAN.  7320 

TEACHER. 

(i).     Great-great-grandson  of  Richard  Applegate. 

(2).     Great-grandson  of  Daniel  Applegate.     See  No.  45. 

106  ARNOLD,  FREDERICK  KELLOGG.  7306 

REAL  ESTATE. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Jonathan  Arnold,  born  May  21,  1754, 
at  East  Haddani,  Connecticut.  Served  in  the  Revolutionary 
War  as  follows  :  Enrolled  at  Fishkill,  New  York,  June  10, 
1776,  in  Captain  Samuel  Williams'  Company  of  the  Ninth 
Connecticut  Line,  Colonel  Samuel  B.  Webb  commanding. 
Private  until  1781.  January  i,  1781,  the  Second  and  Ninth 
Regiments  were  consolidated  into  one,  numbered  the  Third, 
commanded  by  Colonel  Samuel  B.  Webb,  and  Arnold  was 
made  Second  Sergeant  of  Captain  Joseph  Walker's  Company, 
serving  until  the  disbandment  of  the  Army  at  West  Point  by 
order  of  Washington,  early  in  June,  1783. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  John  Saxton,  born  at  Sheffield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, March  n,  1760.  Enlisted  December  16,  1776,  as 
Drummer  in  Captain  Ephraim  Fitch's  Company  of  Colonel 
Benjamin  Simonds'  Regiment  of  the  Massachusetts  Line.  Was 
at  Ticonderoga.  Enlisted  again  as  Private,  June  29,  1777,  in 
Captain  Enoch  Noble's  Company  of  John  Brown's  Regiment 
of  the  Massachusetts  Line. 

(3).  Great-grandson  of  Ephraiw  Shead,  who  enlisted  July 
6,  1777,  in  Captain  Roswell  Downing's  Companj'  of  Colonel 
John  Ashley's  Regiment  of  the  Massachusetts  Line. 

132  ARNOLD,  HOSMER  KELLOGG.  7332 

COLLECTOR. 

Son  of  Frederick  K.  Arnold.     See  No.  106. 


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72  ATKINSON,  JOSIAH  LITTLE.  6772 

REAL  ESTATE. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Moses  Little,  who  was  Captain  of 
the  Newbury,  Essex  County,  Massachusetts,  Company  in  the 
Louisburg  Expedition  of  1758.  Immediately  after  the  battle 
of  Lexington  he  reported  in  command  of  a  Company  to  Head- 
quarters at  Cambridge.  He  was  appointed  Colonel  and  placed 
in  command  of  a  Regiment  of  Essex  County  Troops.  This 
Regiment  he  commanded  at  Bunker  Hill,  where  it  lost  forty 
men  killed  or  wounded.  Was  present  at  Long  Island  and 
Harlem  Heights.  Ill  health  compelled  him  to  refuse  a  Brig- 
adier-General's commission  and  return  home  in  1777.  He  was 
then  elected  to  the  State  Legislature. 

118      BARTHOLOMEW,  JAMES  HULL  SHERMAN.     7318 

EDITOR. 

(l).  Great-great-grandson  of  Joseph  Bartholomew,  a  Private 
in  Captain  Isaac  Cook's  Company  of  Wallingford,  Connecti- 
cut Minute  Men,  that  marched  to  Boston  at  the  Lexington 
alarm.  Well  authenticated  family  histories,  genealogies  and 
traditions  show  him  to  have  been  a  Lieutenant.  A  "  Geneal- 
ogy of  the  Bartholomew  Family"  states  that  "Lieutenant 
Joseph  Bartholomew  commanded,  by  commission  from  the 
General  Court,  all  subject  to  military  duty  in  Wallingford, 
Connecticut."  The  records  show  that  his  father,  a  grand- 
father and  a  great-grandfather  served  in  the  French  and  In- 
dian War. 

13  BATEMAN,  CEPHAS  CALEB.  6713 

CHAPLAIN  U.  S.  ARMY. 

(l).  Great-grandson  of  Zadoc  Bateman,  Private  in  Captain 
Williams'  Company,  Twelfth  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Conti- 
nental Line.  He  served  several  enlistments  from  1778-1781, 
was  honorably  discharged,  and  pensioned  in  1832  for  faithful 
service. 

5  BEALL,  HAMILTON  MARBURY.  6705 

RECEIVER  OF  LINN  COUNTY  NATIONAL  BANK. 

(i).  Grandson  of  Lloyd  Beall,  Captain  Seventh  Maryland 
Infantry,  Continental  Army.  Captain  Beall  served  through 
the  entire  period  of  the  war,  and  gave  four  sons,  Thomas,  Hor- 
ace, Lloyd  J.  and  Benjamin  I.,  to  the  service.  Colonel  Wil- 
liam Dent  Beall,  a  cousin  of  Lloyd  Beall,  also  served  with  dis- 
tinction. 


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39  BELLINGER,  OSCAR  HENRY.  6739 

CIVIL  ENGINEER. 

(l).  Great-great-grandson  of  Henry  Bellinger,  Private  in 
Third  Company  (Palatine)  of  Tryon  County,  New  York,  Mi- 
litia, commanded  by  Colonel  Jacob  Klock. 

123  BLANCHARD,  CARLISLE  PATERSON.  7323 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Joseph  Wheaton,  Ensign  Second 
Rhode  Island,  March  i,  1779,  Second  Lieutenant  September 
i,  1779.  Transferred  to  First  Rhode  Island,  January  i,  1781, 
and  served  to  December  25,  1783.  On  May  n,  1775,  he  aided 
in  capturing  the  schooner  Margarette,  laden  with  arms  for  the 
British,  and  he  hauled  down  the  schooner's  British  flae 

o 

Major  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  in  War  of  1812. 

20  BORTHWICK,  ALEXANDER  E.  6720 

REAL  ESTATE  DEALER. 

( i ) .  Great-grandson  of  James  Borthwick,  Soldier  in  New 
York  Militia,  and  served  in  protecting  the  settlers  from  the 
British  and  Indians  1774-1780. 

(2).  Grandson  of  George  Borthwick,  who  was  in  the  Militia, 
and  especially  distinguished  for  his  vigilance  when  the  Middle 
Fort  (now  Middleburg,  New  York)  was  assailed  and  the  Deitze 
family  massacred. 

(3).  Great-grandson  of  John  Handley  Bushnell,  Private  First 
Company,  Captain  Aaron  Stevens' ,  in  Colonel  Samuel  Mott's 
Battalion  of  Connecticut  State  Troops,  sent  to  re-inforce  the 
Northern  Department  at  Ticonderoga  in  1776.  With  Captain 
John  Ely's  Company  of  Saybrook  at  the  Lexington  alarm  in 
1775- 

19  BORTHWICK,  CALVIN.  6710 

FARMER. 

Same  ancestors  as  No.  20. 

30  BOYER,  JOHN  A.  6730 

CLERK. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  John  Hart,  Member  of  Pro- 
vincial Congress,  Member  of  Colonial  Legislature,  Member  of 
Continental  Congress  from  New  Jersey,  and  Signer  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence. 


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Mr.  Boyer  is  also  a  great-great-great-grandson  of  John 
Rudderow,  who  superintended  the  laying  out  of  the  city  of 
Philadelphia  1681-1683,  and  subsequently  died  in  New  Jersey. 

7  BOYNTON,  CHARLES  HARVEY.  6707 

JOURNALIST. 

(i).  Great-grandson  oijolin  Boynton,  who  was  Lieutenant 
and  Captain  in  and  Colonel  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  of  Mas- 
sachusetts Militia. 

93  BRADLEY,  FRANK  EDWARD.  6793 

CIVIL  ENGINEER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  George  Philip,  Lieutenant  in  a  Com- 
pany commanded  by  Captain  Jacobus  Philip,  belonging  to 
Colonel  Robert  Livingston's  Regiment  of  New  York  Troops. 

104  BRENHAM,  ROBERT  BERNARD.  7304 

BROKER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  John  Adair,  a  Soldier  in  a  South 
Carolina  Regiment  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  and  afterwards  an 
aide-de-camp  to  General  Sumpter.  In  1787  John  Adair  re- 
moved to  Kentucky,  where  he  became  prominent  in  public 
affairs. 

25  BROCKENBROUGH,  JOHN  BOWYER.  6725 

LAWYER. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Carter  Braxton,  a  Member  of 
the  Continental  Congress  from  Virginia,  and  a  Signer  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  John  Brockenbrough,  a  Surgeon  in 
the  Continental  Army. 

15  BROOKE,   LLOYD.  6715 

(r).  Grandson  of  Lloyd  Beall,  an  Ensign  in  the  Seventh 
Maryland,  Captain-Lieutenant  June  8,  1779.  He  was  severely 
wounded  at  German  town,  distinguished  himself  at  Harlem 
Heights,  was  taken  prisoner  at  Camden,  but  finally  escaped  by 
swimming  the  Santee  river  under  a  hot  fire.  Resigned  his 
commission  at  the  close  of  the  war,  but  again  entered  the 
Army  in  1799,  and,  after  commanding  many  important  posts, 
died  at  Harper's  Ferry,  Virginia,  in  1817. 


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22  BROOKE,   EDWARD  H.  .6721 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  2isT  INFANTRY,  U.  S.  ARMY. 

Son  of  Lloyd  Brooke.     See  No.  15. 

35  CABELL,  HENRY  COULTER.  6747 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  I4TH  INFANTRY,  U.  S.  ARMY. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Nicholas  Cabell,  who,  first  as 
a  Captain,  afterwards  Colonel  in  the  Virginia  State  Line,  ren- 
dered important  service  from  time  to  time  throughout  the  war. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  Robert  Gamble,  Captain  Eighth  Vir- 
ginia Regiment,  Continental  Line. 

(3).  Great-grandson  of  Andrevu  Hamilton,  Major  in  the 
South  Carolina  State  Line,  who  participated  in  most  of  the 
important  battles  in  Georgia  and  the  Carolinas. 

(4).  Great-grandson  of  William  Alston,  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Third  North  Carolina  Regiment,  Continental  Army,  Member 
of  Provincial  Congress,  Member  of  Committee  of  Safety, 
North  Carolina. 

81  CARDWELL,  JAMES  ROBERT.  6781 

DENTIST. 

(i).  Grandson  of  Perrin  Card-well,  a  Private  in  Virginia 
Troops.  Was  at  the  siege  of  Yorktown.  Removed  to  near 
Knoxvillle,  Tennessee,  1817,  where  he  died  aged  106  years. 
He  drew  a  pension  for  his  Revolutionary  services. 

88  CARDWELL,   BYRON  P.  6788 

BROKER. 

Brother  of  J.  R.  Cardwell.     See  No.  81. 

149  CARLL,  WALTER  EDWARD.  7349 

PHYSICIAN. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  John  Carll,  Private  in  Captain  Si- 
las Burbank's  Company,  Sixth  Massachusetts  Regiment,  com- 
manded by  Colonel  Samuel  Brewer,  1777-80. 

(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  Robert  Carll,  Private  in  Cap- 
tain Philip  Thomas'  Company  in  the  Massachusetts  Battalion 
commanded  by  Colonel  Thomas  Marshall. 


'507716 


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State  No.  National  No. 

48  CARTER,  EDWARD  CHAMP.  6748 

SURGEON  U.  S.  ARMY. 

( i ) .  Great-grandson  of  Hill  Carter,  Lieutenant  Third  Regi- 
ment Light  Dragoons,  Continental  Line.  This  Regiment  was 
raised  in  Virginia  pursuant  to  a  resolution  of  Congress,  Jan- 
uary 5,  1777. 

94  CARTER,  CHARLES  HARRISON.  6794 

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW. 

Brother  of  E.  C.  Carter.     See  No.  48. 

34  CARPENTER,  GILBERT  SALTONSTALL.        6734 

MAJOR  4TH  INFANTRY,  U.  S.  ARMY. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Gurdon  Saltonstall,  Colonel  and 
Brigadier-General  in  the  Continental  Army. 

(2).  Grandson  of  William  Carpenter,  a  Sergeant  in  the  New 
Hampshire  Line  and  a  Revolutionary  pensioner. 

126  CHAPIN,  WILLARD  HART.  7326 

BOOKKEEPER. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Joseph  Hart,  a  Private  in  Cap- 
tain William  Tucker's  Company,  First  Regiment  Hunterdon 
County,  New  Jersey,  Militia. 

64  CLAPP,  J.  MALCOLM.  6764 

CIVIL  ENGINEER. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Joseph  Clapf,  a  Private  in 
Captain  James  Talmage's  Company  of  Colonel  Roswell  Hop- 
kins' Sixth  Regiment  Duchess  County,  New  York,  Militia. 

80  CLARKE,  LOUIS  G.  6780 

DRUGGIST. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Abraham  Clarke,  Member  of  Com- 
mittee of  Public  Safety,  Member  of  Provincial  Congress,  Mem- 
ber of  Continental  Congress  from  New  Jersey,  and  a  Signer  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence.  He  represented  New  Jer- 
sey in  the  National  Councils,  and  after  the  war  was  a  member 


39 

State  No.  National  No. 

of  the  convention  which  framed  the  National  Constitution. 
He  gave  three  sons  to  the  cause  of  American  Independence  — 
Noah,  Thomas  and  William.  These  were  captured  and  con- 
fined in  the  notorious  prison  ship  "Jersey."  Thomas,  an 
artillery  officer,  was  thrown  into  a  dungeon,  and  received  only 
such  food  as  his  fellow  prisoners  could  convey  to  him  through 
a  key-hole.  His  father  laid  these  facts  before  Congress,  when 
that  body  ordered  retaliation  upon  a  certain  British  officer. 
Captain  Clarke's  condition  was  quickly  improved. 

(2).  Grandson  of  Noah  Clarke,  a  Private  in  Captain  Chris- 
topher Marsh's  Troop  of  Light  Horse,  Essex  County,  New 
Jersey,  Militia.  He  was  in  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  through 
the  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania  campaigns,  and  with  the 
Army  at  Valley  Forge. 

(3).  Great-grandson  of  John  Ross,  a  Soldier  in  Colonel 
(afterwards  General)  Anthony  Wayne's  Fourth  Pennsylva- 
nia Regiment,  participating  with  this  famous  Regiment  in 
nearly  all  its  battles,  including  the  capture  of  Stony  Point. 

74  CLARKSON,  DAVID  M.  6774 

MERCHANT. 

(i).  Great-great-great-grandson  of  William  Cabell,  Mem- 
ber of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  Member  of  all  the  Revolution- 
ary Conventions,  Member  of  Virginia  Committee  of  Safety. 

42  COCHRAN,  HIRAM.  6742 

CARPENTER. 

(i).  Grandson  of  Charles  Cochran,  Corporal  in  Captain 
John  Lawdon's  Company,  First  Battalion  of  Riflemen,  Penn- 
sylvania Line.  He  enlisted  July  I,  1775,  was  at  Monmouth, 
and  served  continuously  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

1 10  COOPER,  JACOB  CALVIN.  7310 

SURVEYOR. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Frederick  Cooper,  who  entered  the 
service  in  a  Pennsylvania  Company  commanded  by  Captain 
Lart,  September  17,  1777.  He  served  several  enlistments  with 
North  Carolina  Troops,  his  last  being  April,  1781,  for  one  year, 
in  Captain  Mercer's  Company.  He  was  engaged  at  Cowpens, 
Eutaw  Springs  and  siege  of  '96.  August  27,  1832,  being  73 
years  old,  he  applied  for  and  was  allowed  a  pension  for  his 
services. 


40 

State  No.  National  No. 

16  CURTIS,  EDWARD  DAVID.  6716 

BROKER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Joseph  Hall,  L/ieutenant  and  Cap- 
tain in  Croydon  Company,  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  Conti- 
nental Army.  Signer  of  Association  Test,  Croydon. 

ioi  CUTTER,  KIRTLAND  KELSEY.  7301 

ARCHITECT. 

( I ) .  Great-great-great-grandson  oijared  Potter,  who  gradu- 
ated at  Yale  College  in  1760,  studied  medicine  and  practiced  in 
New  Haven  and  Wallingford,  and  on  May  20,  1775,  was  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Jonathan  Trumbull  and  commissioned 
Surgeon  in  the  First  Regiment  Connecticut  Line.  He  ren- 
dered most  valuable  service  in  field  and  hospital  until  the  close 
of  the  war. 

73  DABNEY,  PERCY  POPE.  6773 

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  William  Pope,  Private  in  a  Virginia 
Infantry  Regiment.  He  entered  the  service  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen years  and  because  of  his  youth  was  detailed  to  assist  in 
guarding  prisoners  taken  at  Burgoyne's  surrender.  He  served 
until  the  end  of  the  war  as  an  Infantry  Soldier. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  William  Madison ,  Lieutenant  of 
Artillery  in  Dabney's  Legion  of  Virginia  State  Troops.  He 
was  at  the  siege  of  Yorktown  and  the  surrender  of  Cornwal- 
lis.  He  was  a  brother  of  James  Madison,  fourth  President  of 
the  United  States. 

114  DODGE,  FRANCIS  SAFFORD.  7314 

MAJOR  AND  PAYMASTER,  U.  S.  ARMY. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Robert  Dodge,  First  Lieutenant  in 
Captain  Richard  Dodge's  Company  of  Colonel  Samuel  Ger- 
rish's  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Line.  Captain  in  1776.  Served 
in  twenty-three  engagements,  and  in  1782,  and  afterward  is  re- 
ferred to  as  Colonel. 

66  DOLAND,  ARTHUR  W.  6766 

WHOLESALE  DRUGGIST. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  William  Hall,  a  Soldier  of  the 
Continental  Army,  New  Hampshire  Line. 


State  No.  National  No. 

(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  Daniel  Hall,  a  Soldier  of 
the  New  Hampshire  Line. 

(3).  Great-great-great-grandson  of  John  Hall,  Member  of 
New  Hampshire  Committee  of  Safety. 

(4).  Great-great-grandson  of  John  Ray,  a  Soldier  with  New 
Hampshire  Troops. 

Samuel  Barr,  a  great-great-great-grandfather  of  this  mem- 
ber, was  a  Captain  in  Indian  War,  1746. 

107  DOOLITTLE,   GEORGE  TILTON.  7307 

PHYSICIAN  AND  SURGEON. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Thaddcus  Cook,  Major  in  Colo- 
nel Ward's  Regiment,  Connecticut,  Continental  Line.  It 
joined  Washington's  Army  at  New  York,  and  Major  Cook  was 
at  White  Plains,  Trenton  and  Princeton.  He  was  appointed 
Colonel  of  the  Tenth  Regiment  Connecticut  Militia,  and  did 
most  excellent  service  with  it  in  the  movements  against  Bur- 
goyne.  He  was  at  Danbury  to  oppose  Tryon's  raid,  April  25 
and  28,  1777. 

41  ECKERSON,  THEODORE  JOHN.  6741 

MAJOR,  U.  S.  ARMY,  (Retired). 

(i).  Grandson  of  Abraham  Voorhees,  Private  in  Captain 
Ten  Eyck's  Company,  First  Battalion,  Somerset  County,  New 
Jersey.  He  also  served  in  the  Continental  Army. 

6 1  ECKERSON,  THEODORE  HENRY.  6761 

CAPTAIN,  U.  S.  ARMY,    (Retired). 

(i).     Great-grandson  of  Abraham  Voorhees.     See  No.  41. 

63  ECKERSON,  RUFUS  INGALLS.  6763 

REAL  ESTATE  AND  LOANS. 

Great-Grandson  of  Abraham  Voorhees.    See  No.  41. 

119  EDES,  WILLIAM  HENRY.  7319 

REAL  ESTATE. 

(i).  Grandson  of  Charles  Wetherell,  Private  in  Captain 
Thomas  Hartshorn's  Company,  Colonel  Michael  Jackson's 
Regiment  Massachusetts  Troops.  He  was  a  Revolutionary 
Pensioner,  making  application  April  3,  1818. 


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State  No.  National  No. 

97  ELLICOTT,  SALVADOR.  6797 

LICENSE  INSPECTOR. 

(l).  Great-great-grandson  of  Daniel  Carroll,  Member  of 
the  Executive  Council  of  Maryland.  Member  of  Continental 
Congress.  After  the  war  he  was  a  member  of  the  Convention 
that  framed  the  Federal  Constitution,  and  represented  his 
State  in  the  first  Congress  under  the  Constitution.  He  was 
almost  constantly  engaged  in  public  service.  His  brother 
John  was  the  first  Roman  Catholic  Bishop  in  the  United 
States.  They  were  cousins  of  "  Charles  Carroll  of  Carrollton." 

145  EMERY,  CHARLES  DELAUS.  7345 

LAWYER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Josiah  Emery,  Private  in  Captain 
John  Moody's  Company,  raised  in  Colonel  Badger's,  and  part 
of  Colonel  Stickney's  Regiments  New  Hampshire  Troops,  to 
reinforce  the  Continental  Army  at  New  York.  It  was  at  the 
battle  of  White  Plains. 

143  FAY,  CHARLES  S.  7343 

INSURANCE  AGENT. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Ebenezer  Bur  nap,  a  Private  in 
a  Company  of  Minute  Men  of  Sutton,  Massachusetts,  at  the 
Lexington  Alarm,  and  serving  with  the  State  Troops  for  a 
number  of  months  afterward. 

17  FREEMAN,  GEORGE  WENTWORTH.  6717 

CIVIL  ENGINEER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Isaac  Freeman,  Private  Invalid 
Corps  Eighth  Massachusetts,  under  Captain  Wiley,  served 
three  years. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  Aaron  Stephens,  a  Drummer  in  Cap- 
tain Jonathan  Wentworth's  Company,  Colonel  Enoch  Poor's 
Regiment  New  Hampshire  Militia.  Was  with  his  regiment  at 
Bunker  Hill. 

83  FRENCH,  JOHN  WILLIAM.  6783 

LIEUTENANT  COLONEL  230  INFANTRY,  U.  S.  A. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  James  Miller,  Fifer  in  Captain 
Pittman's  Company,  Colonel  Robert  Elliot's  Rhode  Island 
Artillery  Regiment. 


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(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  Thomas  Weeks,  Lieutenant  in 
Captain  Josiah  Smith's  Company,  Colonel  Whitney's  Regi- 
ment, Massachusetts  Militia. 

109  GIBBS,  ARTHUR  S.  7309 

CASHIER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Abijah  Bush.  He  was  at  Boston 
until  after  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  Had  rank  of  Major  in 
Massachusetts  Troops,  at  Bemis  Heights,  and  was  at  Trenton 
and  Princeton.  He  was  a  Revolutionary  Pensioner. 

53  GILES,  HENRY  S.  6753 

LANDOWNER. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  7^obias  Lord,  Captain  of  Com- 
pany in  a  Maine  Regiment,  stationed  for  a  time  at  Falmouth, 
now  Portland,  Maine. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  John  Lord,  Lieutenant  in  a  Com- 
pany in  Arnold's  expedition  against  Quebec. 

1 08  GOODELL,  GORMAN  B.  7308 

(i.)  Great-great-grandson  of  Abner  Goodell.  a  soldier  in 
Captain  Gate's  Company  Massachusetts  Militia,  April  19,  1775. 
Was  also  at  White  Plains. 

59  GOWEY,  JOHN  FRANKLIN.  6759 

BANKER. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Abraham  Willey,  Private  in 
Captain  John  Willey's  Company,  Colonel  Joseph  Spencer's 
Regiment,  Connecticut  Troops.  Captain  Willey  was  a  brother 
of  Private  Willey.  They  were  at  the  Lexington  Alarm,  and 
in  service  long  afterwards. 

62  GOWEY,  FRANK  McDONALD.  6762 

BANK  TELLER. 

(i).  Great-great-great-grandson  of  Abraham  Willey.  See 
No.  59. 

36  GREENE,  THOMAS  G.  6736 

LAWYER. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Charles  DePauw,  Volunteer 
in  Continental  Army  on  the  staff  of  Marquis  de  La  Fayette, 
with  whom  he  came  to  America.  He  was  wounded  at  the 
siege  of  Yorktown. 


44 

State  No.  National  No. 

(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  John  Wade,  a  Volunteer  in 
a  Company  of  Georgia  Rangers. 

127  GREENLEAF,  ROBERT  STEPHEN.  7327 

COUNTY  ASSESSOR. 

(i).  Great  grandson  of  Israel  Greenleaf,  Private  in  Captain 
Thomas  Brintnall's  Company,  Colonel  Cyprian  Howe's  Regi- 
ment, Middlesex  County,  Massachusetts  Troops.  Also  in 
Colonel  Benjamin  Tupper's  Regiment,  Tenth  Massachusetts. 
He  also  served  in  Capt.  Jonathan  Baldwin's  Company,  Colonel 
Josiah  Brown's  Regiment  in  Gen.  Johnson's  Crown  Point 
Expedition,  1755. 

44  GROVER,  LAFAYETTE.  6744 

Ex-U.  S.  SENATOR,  Ex-Gov.  OF  OREGON. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Deacon  James  Graver,  an  active 
Patriot  who  gave  three  sons  to  the  cause  of  Independence. 

(2).  Grandson  of  John  Graver.  He  was  a  Minute  man  at 
Lexington;  was  at  Bunker  Hill  and  Dorchester  Heights,  and 
subsequently  served  two  years. 

Amos  Hastings,  a  grand-uncle,  was  a  Captain  and  com- 
manded the  entrenching  party  at  Bunker  Hill  and  saw  subse- 
quent service. 

Daniel  Gage,  a  grand-uncle,  was  an  Ensign,  and  so  distin- 
guished himself  at  the  battle  of  Monmouth  that  he  publicly 
received  the  thanks  of  Washington. 

Gov.  Grover's  father,  John  Grover,  was  a  surgeon  in  the 
war  of  1812. 

38  HABERSHAM,  ROBERT  ALEXANDER.          6738 

CIVIL  ENGINEER. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  James  Habersham,  Colonel  in 
Georgia  Volunteers.  He  had  two  brothers,  John  and  James, 
who  were  active  patriots,  John  being  a  Major  of  Cavalry. 

(2).  Grandson  of  Barnard  Elliott,  soldier  in  South  Caro- 
lina Troop  during  the  war. 

105  HABERSHAM,  JOHN  P. 

INSURANCE  AGENT. 

Son  of  R.  A.  Habersham.     See  No.  38. 


45 

State  No.  National  No. 

57  HALL,  HENRY  KNOX.  6757 

SHIP  BUILDER. 

(i).  Grandson  of  James  Hall,  Sergeant  in  Colonel  Henry 
Knox's  Regiment  of  Artillery,  1776,  Second  Lieutenant  1777, 
when  he  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant ;  the  Regiment 
was  commanded  by  Colonel  John  Crane,  and  was  the  Third 
Regiment  of  Artillery.  Commissioned  Captain-Lieutenant, 
April  12,  1780.  Was  with  General  Knox  at  Monmouth,  Valley 
Forge  and  Yorktown.  Was  a  member  of  Massachusetts  State 
"Society  of  the  Cincinnati." 

8  HALL,  JAMES  WINSLOW.  6708 

SHIP  CARPENTER. 

(i).     Great-grandson  of  James  Hall.     See  No.  57. 

75  HANFORD,  FRANK.  6775 

UNDERWRITER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  William  J3rou>n,  Sergeant  in  Cap- 
tain Comstock's  Company,  Fifth  Regiment,  Connecticut  Line, 
commanded  by  Lieutenant  Colonel  Isaac  Sherman.  Sergeant 
Brown  was  at  the  seige  of  Yorktown,  and  was  one  of  the  "  for- 
lorn hope  "  that  carried  Fort  Hamilton  by  assault,  October  14, 
1781.  For  his  gallant  conduct  on  this  occasion  he  received  a 
"  special  badge  of  merit.  " 

(2).  Great-great-great-grandson  of  Mat/iew  Holgate,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  of  Seventh  Battalion,  Philadelphia  Militia. 

(3).  Great-great-great-great-grandson  of  Peleg  Baldwin, 
Private  Captain  Peck's  Company,  Milford,  Connecticut,  Mil- 
itia, 1776. 

76  HANFORD,    CLARENCE.  6776 

MERCHANT. 

Brother  of  Frank  Hanford.     See  No.  75. 

77  HANFORD,  ARTHUR  ELWOOD.  6777 

LAWYER. 

Brother  of  Frank  Hanford.     See  No.  75. 

124  HARDING,  FRANKLIN  STERLING.  7324 

POSTMASTER. 

Great-grandson  of  Thomas  Harding,  Private  in  Captaiu 
Robert  Durkee's  Company  of  Pennsylvania  Line.  Was  pres- 


46 

State  No.  National  No. 

ent  at  Millstone  River,  Round  Brook,  German  town,  Brandy- 
wine  and  Valley  Forge,  and  with  Captain  Jones'  Company  of 
Connecticut  Line  sent  to  re-inforce  Gates  at  Saratoga. 

134  HARRISON,  GARY  HETH.  7334 

MERCHANT. 

(l).  Great-great-great-grandson  of  Archibald  Gary  of  Vir- 
ginia, Member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  Member  of  Com- 
mittee of  Safety,  and  a  zealous  supporter  of  the  Independence 
of  the  Colonies. 

(2.)  Great-great-grandson  of  Carter  Henry  Harrison,  Cap- 
tain of  a  company  of  Virginia  Troops.  He  was  a  brother  of 
Benjamin  Harrison  who  signed  the  Declaration  of  Indepen- 
dence. 

10  HASBROUCK,  ALFRED,  JR.  6710 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  i4TH  INFT.  U.  S.  ARMY. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Abraham  Hasbrouck,  Member 
of  Provincial  Congress,  Member  of  State  Assembly,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel and  Colonel  of  First  Regiment,  Ulster  County, 
New  York.  Oct.  16,  1777,  the  British  destroyed  Kingston, 
New  York,  and  Colonel  Hasbrouck  lost  a  residence,  barns  and 
store  house  while  he  was  looking  to  the  safety  of  the  public 
records  of  New  York  City,  which  had  been  entrusted  to  his 
care. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  Joseph  Hasbrouck,  Major  First 
Ulster  Regiment,  October  25,  1775. 

43  HINES,  HARVEY  K.  6743 

MINISTER  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

(i).  Grandson  of  Bartram  Rounds,  Ensign  and  Lieutenant 
in  Rhode  Island  Troops,  Continental  Line.  At  Long  Island 
and  other  engagements.  Was  a  Revolutionary  Pensioner,  his 
original  commissions  being  filed,  with  other  papers,  in  the 
Pension  office. 

14  HOUGHTON,  ROSS  C.  6714 

CLERGYMAN. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  John  Stains,  Private  in  a  Massa- 
.  chusetts  Company  of  Riflemen. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Clark,  of  Rhode  Island, 
Captain  Corps  of  Engineers. 


47 

State  No.  National  No, 

115  HOWES,  THOMAS  BASSETT.  7315 

MANAGER  A.  D.  T.  Co. 

(i).  Great-great-great-great-grandson  or  Jeremiah  Howes, 
of  Yarmouth,  Massachusetts.  In  Captain  Micah  Chapman's 
Company,  Colonel  Joseph  Otis'  First  Barnstable  Regiment, 
Ensign  September  29,  1775;  April  10,  1776,  Second  Lieutenant; 
First  Lieutenant  in  Captain  Abijah  Bang's  Company,  Colonel 
Dike's  Regiment  March,  1777;  Lieutenant  in  Captain  Micah 
Chapman's  Company,  Colonel  Freeman's  Regiment,  1778-1779. 

91  HOWE,  JAMES  BLAKE.  6791 

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Christopher  Gadsden,  Delegate 
to  First  Continental  Congress.  Brigadier  General  of  the 
South  Carolina  Brigade  Continental  Army.  He  was  at  the 
siege  of  Charleston,  and  when  the  city  was  captured  signed 
the  Articles  of  Capitulation.  In  violation  of  these  articles 
the  enemy  arrested  him  and  confined  him  in  a  dungeon  for 
ten  months. 

32  HOYT,   RICHARD.  6732 

PILOT. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Stephen  Hoyt,  Lieutenant  in  Col- 
onel John  Stark's  First  New  Hampshire  Regiment.  He  was 
at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  and  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne. 
The  bursting  of  a  gun  so  crippled  one  of  his  hands  that  he 
left  the  service. 

58  HOYT,  RALPH  WARREN.  6758 

BANK  CASHIER. 

(i).     Great-grandson  of  Stephen  Hoyt.     See  No.  32. 

99  HOYT,  HENRY  MARTYN.  6799 

LAWYER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Daniel  Hoyt,  Private  in  Captain 
Benedict's  Company,  Colonel  Bradley's  Battalion  Connecticut 
troops.  He  was  probably  an  Ensign  of  a  Troop  of  Horse  at 
one  period  of  the  war. 


48 

State  No.  National  No. 

142  HUNT,  GEORGE.  7342 

MECHANICAL  ENGINEER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  William  Heath,  of  Massachusetts, 
Major  General  in  the  Continental  Army. 

112  KING,  HENRY  P.  7312 

CLERK. 

(i).  Great-great-great-grandson  of  Benjamin  King,  Dele- 
gate to  Provincial  Congress;  Member  of  Committee  of  Safety, 
Massachusetts.  He  gave  five  sons  to  the  cause  of  Indepen- 
dence. 

(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  George  King,  who  was  Ser- 
geant in  a  Company  of  Minute  Men  commanded  by  Captain 
James  Williams,  at  Roxbury,  April  20,  1775.  He  was  also 
in  Captain  Josiah  Crocker's  Company,  Colonel  Carpenter's 
Regiment,  in  the  Rhode  Island  Campaign. 

139  KIRKLAND,  ARTHUR  EDWARD.  7339 

JUSTICE  OF  THE  PEACE. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  John  Kirkland,  Captain  of  a 
Company  in  Colonel  Ruggles  Wood  bridge's  Regiment,  Massa- 
chusetts Militia,  sent  to  re-in force  the  Northern  Army,  1777. 

(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  Hugh  Maxwell,  Captain  in 
the  Seventh  Continental  Infantry,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  of 
the  Eighth  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Line,  October  19,  1782. 
At  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  he  was  wounded  in  the  shoulder. 

140  KIRKLAND,  EUGENE  HOLMES.  7340 

CARPENTER  AND  BUILDER. 

Brother  of  A.  E.  Kirkland.     See  No.  139. 

ioo  KOIXOCK,  FREDERICK  N.  1623 

RAILROAD  AGENT. 

(i).  Grandson  of  Skepard  Kollock,  Lieutenant  and  Brevet 
Captain  Second  Regiment  Artillery,  Continental  Line,  1776-8. 

138  LAMBERSON,  BUELL.  7338 

MERCHANT. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Furmann,  Private  in  Cap- 
tain White's  Company  of  Colonel  WessenfiTs  Regiment,  New 


49 

State  No.  National  No. 

York  Militia.  At  one  time  he  was  entrusted  with  important 
dispatches  to  carry  across  Lake  Champlain  on  the  ice,  and 
nearly  lost  his  life  by  breaking  through. 


137  LAMBERSON,  LEWIS  HUMPHREY.  7337 

BOOKKEEPER. 

Brother  of  Buell  Lamberson.     See  No.  138. 

144  LEE,  CHESTER  FAIRMAN.  7344 

MINING. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  fared  Lee,  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace  in  Hartford  County,  Connecticut,  1775-79. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  Amos  Lee  who  served  three  enlist- 
ments with  the  Connecticut  troops  during  the  war.  He  was 
also  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  war. 


52  LEWIS,  CICERO  HUNT.  6752 

MERCHANT. 

(i).  Grandson  of  David  Chambers,  Colonel  of  the  Third 
Regiment,  Huuterdon  County,  New  Jersey  Militia,  June  19, 
1776.  Colonel  of  a  Battalion  of  New  Jersey  State  Troops, 
November  27,  1776,  which  a  month  later  he  commanded  at 
the  battle  of  Trenton.  Colonel  of  the  Second  Regiment, 
Hunterdon  County,  New  Jersey  Militia,  1777-79. 


122  LINDSLEY,  ADDISON  ALEXANDER.  7322 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Aaron  Lindsley,  a  New  Jersey  Min- 
ute Man.  He  was  lame  and  could  not  enter  the  Army,  but 
was  ever  active  as  a  Minute  Man.  At  the  battle  of  Monmouth 
he  was  wounded  on  the  head  by  a  sword  stroke  from  the 
effects  of  which  he  eventually  died.  His  wife  was  Abigal 
Halsey.  Her  father  and  mother,  the  great-great-grandparents 
of  this  member,  gave  two  sons  to  the  Continental  Army, 
Luther  and  Obadiah,  who  never  accepted  a  penny  of  the  pub- 
lic funds,  but  were  supported  by  their  father.  Luther  was 
successively  Sergeant,  Lieutenant,  Adjutant  and  Brevet  Cap- 
tain. The  parents  both  died  of  smallpox,  contracted  while 
nursing  soldiers  when  this  disease  prevailed  among  the  troops 
in  1778  and  1780. 


50 

State  No.  National  No. 

1 8  LITTLEFIELD,  ROGER  SHERMAN.  6718 

CIVIL  ENGINEER. 

(i).  Grandson  of  John  Sherman,  Captain  by  brevet  in 
Continental  Army. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  Roger  Sherman,  Signer  of  the  Dec- 
laration of  Independence. 

(3).  Grandson  of  Aaron  Littlefield,  Private  and  Teamster 
in  Continental  Army. 


51  MALCOLM,  PHILIP  SCHUYLER.  6751 

ELECTRICAL  ENGINEER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  William  Malcolm,  Colonel  Second 
New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  Malcolm's  Regiment.  Colonel 
"Additional  Regiment"  Continental  Infantry.  Continental 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Northern  Department,  1780.  Mem- 
ber of  Provincial  Congress,  1776. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  Philip  Schuyler,  Major-General 
Continental  Army  1775-79.  Member  of  Provincial  Congress. 
Member  of  Continental  Congress. 

3  MANN,  GILBERT  SHERBURN.  .  6703 

SALESMAN. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Nicholson  Broitgliton,  who  at  thir- 
teen years  of  age  enlisted  and  served  with  the  Massachusetts 
troops  during  the  winter  of  1777-78. 

(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  Nicholson  Broitghton,  Sr. ,  who, 
when  a  Captain  in  Colonel  Glover's  Regiment,  1775,  was  given 
the  first  Naval  Commission.  With  a  detachment  of  his  Mar- 
blehead  fishermen  he  sailed  in  the  schooner  "  Hannah  "  and 
captured  the  British  ship  "Unity"  laden  with  supplies.  A 
month  later  he  sailed  on  the  "  Lynch  "  as  Commodore,  accom- 
panied by  the  "  Franklin.  "  This  expedition  comprised  135 
men,  and  was  ordered  by  Congress  to  the  St  Lawrence  to 
intercept  transports  bound  from  England  to  Quebec.  Return- 
ing, he  was  commissioned  Second  Major  of  the  Fifth  Regi- 
ment, Essex  Militia,  Colonel  Glover's. 

(3).  Great-great-great-grandson  of  John  Glover,  Colonel  of 
Marine  Regiment  raised  in  Marblehead.  Appointed  Brigadier 
General,  February  21,  1775. 


State  No.  National  No. 

133  MARSHALL,  JAMES  M.  7333 

MAJOR  AND  QUARTERMASTER,  U.  S.  ARMY. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Thomas  Marshall,  of  Virginia, 
and  after  1780  of  Kentucky.  When  the  Revolutionary  war 
broke  out  he  was  Captain  of  a  Company  of  Culpepper  Minute 
Men.  From  this  Company  rose  a  Regiment,  commanded  by 
Colonel  Woodford,  of  which  Captain  Marshall  became  Major. 
He  distinguished  himself  at  the  battle  of  the  Great  Bridge. 
He  became  Lieutenant-Colonel,  and  Colonel  of  the  Third  Vir- 
ginia Regiment.  At  the  battle  of  Germantown  he  distin- 
guished himself  by  unusual  gallantry  and  courage.  At  the 
battle  of  Brandywine  it  has  been  said  he  saved  the  Patriot 
Army.  In  1779  he  was  sent  to  re-inforce  General  Lincoln  in 
South  Carolina,  and  when  Charleston  was  surrendered  to  the 
British  he  and  his  Regiment  became  prisoners  of  war.  For 
his  distinguished  and  faithful  service,  the  .Virginia  House  of 
Burgesses  presented  him  a  sword. 

102  MAXWELL,  WILLIAM  HOWELL.  7302 

CIVIL  ENGINEER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  John  Maxwell,  Lieutenant  and 
Captain  in  Sussex  County,  New  Jersey  Militia ;  Lieutenant 
and  Captain  in  Colonel  Oliver  Spencer's  Regiment,  Conti- 
nental Army. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  George  Muirheid,  Private  in  Cap- 
tain Albert  Updike's  Company,  Second  Regiment,  Hunterdon 
County,  New  Jersey  Militia. 

(3).  Great-great-grandson  of  John  Howell,  Private  in  Cap- 
tain William  Tucker's  Company,  First  Regiment,  Hunterdon 
County,  New  Jersey,  Militia. 

78  MOFFETT,  GEORGE  H.  6778 

EDITOR. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  George  Moffett,  Captain  and  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel in  Regiment  of  Virginia  Troops  with  General 
Greene  in  the  South.  At  Cowpens  and  King's  Mountain. 

92  MOODY,  LUCIUS  WRIGHT.  6792 

DRUGGIST. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Joshua  Reed,  Private  in  a 
Company  of  Minute  Men  commanded  by  Captain  Parker. 


State  No.  National  No. 

Participated  in  the  battles  of  Lexington,  Bunker  Hill  and 
White  Plains.  It  is  a  well  authenticated  fact  that  Joshua 
Reed,  at  Lexington,  captured  the  first  prisoner  taken  from 
the  British  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution. 


141  MUIR,  WILLIAM  TORBERT.  7341 

LAWYER. 

(l).  Great-grandson  of  Francis  Mutr,  First  Lieutenant  in 
Gist's  Additional  Continental  Regiment,  January,  1777  ;  Cap- 
tain-Lieutenant, April  23,  1779;  Captain,  May,  1780;  Retired, 
January  i,  1781. 

60  McCAMANT,  WALLACE.  6760 

LAWYER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  James  McCamant,  Ensign,  First 
Company,  First  Battalion  Pennsylvania  Militia,  commanded 
by  Lieutenant-Colonel  John  Gardner ;  Captain  of  a  Company 
in  Colonel  Bull's  Regiment  of  the  Pennsylvania  Line,  and 
present  at  the  battles  of  Trenton,  Princeton,  and  in  the  New 
Jersey  and  Pennsylvania  Campaign. 

79  McKEE,  EDWARD  DAVIS.  6779 

CLERK  U.  S.  DISTRICT  COURT. 

(i)  Great-grandson  of  James  Davis,  of  North  Carolina, 
who  early  advocated  American  Independence.  He  was  a 
promoter  and  signer  of  the  Mecklenburg  Declaration.  Colonel 
commanding  North  Carolina  troops  in  the  Colonial  Army. 
He  rendered  distinguished  service  to  General  Greene  at  the 
battle  of  Guilford  Court  House,  and  the  subsequent  operations 
against  Cornwallis  that  ended  with  the  surrender  at  York- 
town. 

146  McKENNA,  CHARLES  L.  7346 

REAL  ESTATE. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Henry  Baker,  Lieutenant 
Maryland  Regiment,  Continental  Army. 

147  McKENNA,  FRANCIS  I.  7347 

REAL  ESTATE. 

Brother  of  Charles  L.  McKenna.     See  No.  146. 


53 

State  No.  National  No. 

50  McKIM,  MAURICE.  6750 

LAWYER. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Henry  Fisher,  Major  in  the 
First  Delaware  Militia.  The  Committee  of  Safety  at  Phila- 
delphia authorized  him  to  dismantle  all  the  pilot  boats  plying 
in  Delaware  Bay  except  his  own,  which  he  was  to  use  as  an 
express,  to  bring  warning  of  the  approach  of  any  vessel  of  the 
enemy.  He  rendered  this  service  for  a  long  period,  and  also 
contributed  several  thousand  dollars  and  loaned  other  sums  to 
relieve  the  Army  when  suffering  at  Valley  Forge.  The  greater 
part  of  his  just  claims  upon  the  Government  remains  unpaid. 

113  McKINSTRY,  JAMES  C.  7313 

LAWYER. 

(l).  Great-grandson  of  Charles  McKinstry,  Lieutenant  in 
Colonel  Van  Ness'  Regiment  of  New  York  troops. 

69  OVERTON,  CLOUGH.  6769 

LIEUTENANT  U.  S.  ARMY. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Thomas  Overton,  Lieutenant 
First  Virginia  Regiment  Continental  Line,  known  to  have  been 
at  the  battle  of  Guilford  Court  House. 

148  PADDOCK,    ROBERT  G.  7348 

FRUIT  FARMER, 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Henry  Paddock,  Private  in  Captain 
Christopher  Tillman's  Company,  Colonel  Stephen  J.  Schuy- 
ler's  Regiment,  of  Albany  County,  New  York  Militia. 

2  PAGE,  WILMER  LEE.  6702 

IMPORTER. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  John  Page,  who  was  Lieuten- 
ant-Governor  of  Virginia  and  resisted  Lord  Dunmore's  attempt 
to  disarm  the  Colonists.  He  was  a  Member  of  the  Committee 
of  Safety,  and  Governor,  and  in  all  respects  an  active,  zealous 
and  powerful  friend  of  the  patriot  cause. 

(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  Henry  Lee,  Captain  of  Cavalry 
in  Colonel  Thomas  Eland's  Regiment.  Colonel  Second  Cavalry 
Legion.  He  is  the  celebrated  "Light  Horse  Harry  Lee"  of 
this  period. 


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State  No.  National  No. 

6  PETTINGILL,  SAMUEL  BARRETT.  6706 

JOURNALIST. 

(l).  Great-grandson  of  John  Barrett,  Colonel  of  the  Upper 
Regiment  of  Cumberland  County,  Vermont.  Secretary  of  the 
Committee  of  Safety  in  1775. 

(2).  Grandson  of  Thomas  Barrett,  who  was  Aid-de-camp  on 
the  staff  of  his  father  Colonel  Barrett. 

22  PHILIPS,  JOHN  KENNEDY.  6722 

ACCOUNTANT. 

(l).  Great-grandson  of  Joseph  Philips,  Ensign  Seventh  Bat- 
talion, Chester  County,  Pennsylvania  Association,  com- 
manded by  Colonel  William  Gibbons.  He  was  at  Brandy  wine, 
was  active  in  work  to  relieve  the  suffering  at  the  Valley  Forge 
encampment,  and  always  a  pronounced  patriot. 

55  PHILLIPS,  THOMAS  H.  6755 

RAILROAD  AGENT. 

(l).  Great-grandson  of  Thomas  IVorthington,  Member  of 
the  Continental  Congress  from  Maryland. 

68  REED,  SANDERSON.  5768 

LAWYER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  John  McDowell,  Surgeon  Second 
Pennsylvania  Regiment,  Continental  Line,  and  afterwards 
Surgeon  First  Infantry,  U.  S.  Army. 

12  REYNOLDS,  CHARLES  ROBERTS.  6712 

CLERK  QUARTERMASTER'S  DEPARTMENT,  U.  S.  ARMY. 

(l).  Great-great-grandson  of  John  Reynolds,  Captain 
Seventh  Battalion,  Maryland  Line. 

33  ROBERTS,  BENJAMIN  K.  6733 

CAPTAIN  FIFTH  ARTILLERY,  U:  S.  ARMY. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  John  Roberts,  Private  in  Col- 
onel Seth  Warner's  Vermont  Regiment,  Continental  Army. 
He  was  at  Benningtou,  Valley  Forge  and  York  town,  and 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  also  served  in  the 
French  and  Indian  War.  His  wife  was  Susannah  Mahew. 
The  Mahew  family  was  prominent  in  behalf  of  the  Colonial 


55 

State  No.  National  No. 

cause.  Rev.  Jonathan  Mahew,  a  graduate  of  Harvard,  and 
for  many  years,  from  1747,  Minister  of  the  "West  Church," 
Boston,  rendered  valuable  service  to  the  cause  of  Indepen- 
dence. Another,  Thomas  Mahew,  was  a  Captain  in  the  Con- 
tinental Army. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  Christopher  Roberts,  a  Vermont 
Ranger,  and  one  of  General  Allen's  guides  on  the  Ticonderoga 
Expedition.  He  was  a  Sergeant  in  Captain  Thomas  Burney's 
Company,  Colonel  McAllen's  Regiment,  Vermont  Militia. 
He,  with  his  father  and  three  brothers,  was  at  the  battle  of 
Bennington.  After  the  war  General  of  Vermont  Militia. 

130  RUTTER,  CLEMENT  STOCKER.  7330 

*    PACKING  BUSINESS. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Thomas  Rutter,  Engaged  in 
operating  a  Cannon  Foundry  and  manufacturing  heavy  ordi- 
nance for  the  Province.  This  foundry  was  at  Philadelphia. 
March  30,  1776,  the  Committee  of  Safety  gave  Samuel  Potts 
and  Thomas  Rutter  an  order  on  Michael  Hillegans,  Esq. ,  for 
one  thousand  pounds.  (This  Michael  Hillegans  was  the  first 
Treasurer  of  the  United  States). 

98  SAUNDERS,  CHARLES  W.  6798 

ARCHITECT. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  John  Hicks,  who  was  killed 
in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  while  harrassing  the  retreat  of 
the  British  from  Lexington  and  Concord,  April  19,  1775.  He 
assisted  in  rendering  the  "Great  Bridge"  an  obstruction  to 
the  march  of  Lord  Percy's  column,  hastening  to  the  relief  of 
Pitcairn . 

9  SAVAGE,  GEORGE  M.  6709 

REAL  ESTATE. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Nathan  Savage,  Orderly  Sergeant 
in  Connecticut  troops,  Continental  Line.  At  the  battle  of 
Trenton  and  at  Valley  Forge. 

148  SCHULTZ,  FREDERICK  BAMBER.  7348 

CLERK. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Josiah  Willard,  soldier  of  the 
Continental  Army  for  three  years,  from  November,  1777 ; 
Made  prisoner  at  Newark,  New  Jersey,  and  confined  at  New 
York. 


56 

State  No.  National  No. 

26  SEARS,  ALFRED  F.,  SR.  6726 

CIVIL  ENGINEER. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Sears,  soldier  in  Captain  Elisha  Hedge's 
Company  of  Colonel  Nathan  Freeman's  Regiment  of  Massa- 
chusett's  troops.  Served  in  Rhode  Island  and  also  in  the 
Dartmouth  and  Falmouth  alarms. 

95  SEARS.   ALFRED  F.,  JR.  6795 

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW. 

(i).     Great-grandson  of  Joseph  Scars.     See  No.  26. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  Hezekiah  Hooper,  Lieutenant  in 
Captain  Benjamin  Washburn's  Company  of  Massachusetts 
troops.  In  the  summer  of  1778  this  Company  did  guard  duty 
in  Boston. 

28  SEARS,  GEORGE  CARLETON.  6728 

COUNTY  SHERIFF. 

(i).  Grandson  of  Silas  Sears,  soldier  in  Captain  Nathaniel 
Winslow's  Company,  Colonel  Whitney's  Regiment,  Massachu- 
setts troops ;  also  served  in  Captain  Edward  Hammond's 
Company,  Colonel  Samuel  Fisher's  Regiment.  He  was  in 
the  Continental  service  with  the  Northern  Army,  1780,  and 
served  throughout  the  war. 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  Nathaniel  Sears,  soldier  in  Captain 
Josiah  Tatcher's  Company,  Massachusetts  Militia  ;  with  the 
Second  Company  of  Foot,  Captain  Nathaniel  Hamilton,  dur- 
ing the  Lexington  alarm,  and  in  Captain  Barnabas  Daly's 
Company  during  the  Dartmouth  alarm. 

23  SHANE,  CARLOS  WALSTEIN.  6723 

NOTARY  PUBLIC. 

(i).  Grandson  of  Zacheus  Cosby,  Private  in  Nelson's  Divis- 
ion, Virginia  Militia.  At  Yorktown  and  the  surrender  of 
Cornwallis. 

96  SHARP,  FREDERICK  DENT.  6796 
CAPTAIN  20TH  INFANTRY  U.  S.  ARMY. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  George  Dent,  Lieutenant  Third 
Battalion  Maryland  troops ;  with  General  Wayne  at  capture 
of  Stony  Point. 


57 

State  No.  National  No. 

85  SHERMAN,    DANA   CARLOS.  6785 

ATTORNEY. 

(l).  Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Sherman,  Post  Rider  from 
Governor  of  Vermont  to  Camp  Headquarters  at  Castleton  in 
1781. 

116  SKINNER,  PRATT  R.  7316 

CLERK. 

(i).  Grandson  of  Israel  Skinner,  enrolled  in  Eighth  Com- 
pany, Twelfth  Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia,  and  served  as 
"Wagon  Conductor." 

(2).  Great-grandson  of  John  Skinner,  Second  Lieutenant 
in  Captain  Hezekiah  Parson's  Company,  Colonel  Benjamin 
Heinnan's  Regiment  of  Connecticut  Militia.  Promoted  to 
First  Lieutenant,  June  20,  1776;  also  was  Purchasing  Agent 
for  Commissary  Department. 

117  SMITH,  ELI  S.  4317 

PUBLISHER. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  John  Smith,  Private  in  Captain 
Isaac  Bostwick's  Company,  Seventh  Regiment  of  Connecticut 
troops,  Colonel  Charles  Webb  commanding.  Lieutenant  in 
Captain  Bett's  Company,  Second  Regiment,  Connecticut 
troops.  He  was  captured  in  Tyron's  raid  on  Danbury. 

(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  Ephriam  Smith,  Private-  in 
Sixth  Company,  Fifth  Regiment,  Colonel  Waterbury's ;  also 
in  Captain  Johnson's  Company,  Colonel  Douglass'  Battalion 
of  Connecticut  troops  in  the  battles  of  Long  Island  and 
White  Plains. 

90  SMITH,    ISAAC  W.  *      6790 

CIVIL  ENGINEER. 

(i).     Great-grandson   of  Philip  Slaughter,    Captain   in  the 
Seventh  Virginia  Regiment,  Continental  Line.     See  No.  29. 

(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  James  Slaughter,  Colonel  com- 
manding Virginia  troops  at  the  battle  of  Long  Bridge,  Va. 

24  STEARNS,  DORAN  H.  6724 

REAL  ESTATE. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Peter  Stearns,  Lieutenant  Second 
Company  of  Colonel  Hercules  Mooney's  Regiment  of  New 
Hampshire  Infantry.  Also  served  with  the  Provincial  troops 
against  French  and  Indians  1762. 


$* 

State  No.  National  No. 

1 1  STEELE,  EGBERT  TA  NGIER  SMITH.  67 1 1 

MINING  EXPERT. 

Great-great-grandson  of  Nathaniel  Woodhull,  Brigadier-Gen- 
eral of  the  Suffolk  and  Queen's  County,  New  York  Militia. 
Member  of  Provincial  Congress,  1775-76.  Mortally  wounded 
during  operations  intended  to  force  the  British  to  abandon 
Long  Island.  H»  died  September  20,  1776. 

86  STOUT,  JOHN   KENNEDY.  6786 

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW. 

(l).  Great-great-grandson  of  Seth  Miner,  Orderly  Sergeant 
of  Captain  (afterwards  General)  Jed  Huntington's,  Connecticut 
troops,  at  the  siege  of  Boston,  1775.  Ensign  First  Company, 
Twentieth  Regiment  Connecticut  Militia,  June  14,  1776.  This 
command  was  in  active  service  a  number  of  times. 


56  STRONG,  CURTIS  CLARK.  6756 

PHYSICIAN. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Adonizah  Strong,  Colonel  of  Con- 
necticut Militia  in  the  Bevolutionary  War,  and  Commissary- 
General  in  the  Army. 

87  STRONG,  FREDERICK  R.  6787 

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW. 

(l).     Great-grandson  of  Adonizah  Strong.     See  No.  56. 

121  STRUDWICK,  ROBERT  C.  7321 

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Shepard  bollock,  Lieutenant 
and  Brevet-Captain  Second  Regiment  of  Artillery,  Continental 
Line.  Member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati. 

67  TAYLOR,    HARRY.  6767 

LIEUTENANT  CORPS  U.  S.  ENGINEERS. 

(i)  Great-grandson  of  John  Taylor,,  Soldier  in  New 
Hampshire  Line,  and  with  them  at  West  Point,  1780. 


59 

State  No.  National  No. 

29  THOMPSON,  REGINALD  WEST.  6729 

L-AWYER. 

(l).  Great-grandson  of  Philip  Slaughter.  In  Captain  John 
Jameson's  Company  of  Minute  Men,  attached  to  the  Regiment 
of  Colonel  Lawrence  Taliaferro  ;  they  joined  Patrick  Henry's 
Regiment  and  forced  the  Governor,  Lord  Dunmore,  to  pay  for 
the  powder  he  had  removed  from  the  "  Powder  Horn  "  at 
Williatnsburg,  in  his  attempt  to  disarm  the  Colonists.  A 
Lieutenant  in  Captain  Gabriel  Long's  Company  of  Riflemen; 
this  company  joined  the  army  in  New  York,  and  were  assigned 
to  Colonel  Daniel  Morgan's  Regiment.  Promoted  to  Captain  in 
1778  ;  he  served  throughout  the  war.  At  Valley  Forge  one 
of  his  messmates  was  Lieutenant,  afterwards  Chief  Justice, 
John  Marshall. 

(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  John  Nixon.  A  wealthy  mer- 
chant of  Philadelphia,  and  ardent  friend  of  the  Colonies. 
Colonel  of  a  Regiment  of  Militia,  he  was  with  his  command  at 
Long  Island  and  Brandywine,  and  wintered  at  Valley  Forge. 

135  TOLMAN,   WARREN  W.  7335 

ATTORNEY  AT  L,AW. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  John  Tolmam,  a  Massachusetts  Min- 
ute Man  at  Lexington,  where  he  was  severely  wounded.  After 
recovery  he  joined  the  Company  of  Captain  Robert  Smith,  in 
Colonel  William  Heath's  Regiment.  He  served  throughout 
the  war  under  Puttnan,  Lovell,  Gates  and  others,  and  was 
mustered  out  with  rank  of  Captain. 

49  TREVETT,  THEODORE  BROOKS.  6749 

SALESMAN. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  John  Trwett,,  Sergeant  in  Captain 
Johnson  Moulton's  Company  of  Massachusetts  Minute  Men, 
1775- 

54  VODGES,  ANTHONY  WAYNE.  6754 

CAPTAIN  STH  ARTILLERY,  U.  S.  ARMY. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  William  Hayman,  who  commanded 
the  Privateer  "  George,  "  and  was  an  officer  in  the  Provisional 
Navy,  authorized  by  the  Continental  Congress. 


6o 

State  No.  National  No. 

27  WAIT,  AARON  EMMONS.  6725 

EX-JUSTICE  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT  OF  OREGON. 
(i).  Grandson  of  Joel  Wait,  Private  in  the  Whatley  Com- 
pany of  Massachusetts  Minute  Men,  Captain  Stiles  com- 
manding, at  the  Lexington  alarm.  In  Captain  Seth  Murray's 
Company  on  the  Fort  Edwards  expedition ;  also  Private  in 
Captain  S.  White's  Company  of  Massachusetts  Bay  Militia 
on  the  expedition  to  Saratoga. 

4  WAIT,   CHARLES  N.  6704 

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW. 

(i).     Great-grandson  of  Joel  Wait.     See  No.  27. 

31  WAIT,  ROBERT  LEE.  6731 

DENTIST. 

(i).     Great-Grandson  of  Joel  Wait.     See  No.  27. 


37  WELLS,    HARRY  L.  6737 

JOURNALIST. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Josiah  Pierce,  Private  in  Massachu- 
setts Militia  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill ;  a  Revolutionary 
Pensioner  because  of  service. 


89  WEST,   FRANCIS  HENRY.  6789 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  William  West,  who  was  Captain 
Third  Pennsylvania  Battalion,  Continental  Line,  January  5, 
1776;  Major,  October  25,  1776.  Taken  prisoner  at  Fort  Wash- 
ington, November,  1776.  He  also  served  in  the  Quartermas- 
ter's department. 

(2).     Great-grandson  of  John  Nixon.     See  No.  29. 


136  WHITTLE,  GEORGE  HASWELL.  7336 

AGENT  N.  P.  E.  Co. 

(i).  Great-grandson  of  Thomas  Whittle,  Private  in  Captain 
Ford's  Company,  Colonel  Nichols'  Regiment  of  New  Hamp- 
shire troops,  and  present  at  the  battle  of  Bennington. 


6i 

State  No.  National  No. 

84  WILLIAMS,    GEORGE  H.  6784 

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW. 

(i).  Grandson  of  Noah  Goodrich,  of  Lenox,  Massachusetts, 
Soldier  in  Captain  Ashley's  Company  of  Colonel  Vose's  Regi- 
ment of  Massachusetts  troops  from  January  i,  1777,  to 
December  31,  1780.  It  is  quite  probable  he  served  in  other 
organizations  and  was  at  Bunker  Hill  and  Long  Island. 

40  WITHINGTON,  GEORGE  EDWARD.  6740 

BANK  CASHIER. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  Peter  Withington,  Captain  in 
the  Twelfth  Pennsylvania  Regiment  of  the  Continental  Line, 
December  18,  1776. 

131  WITHINGTON,  AMORY  HOLBROOK.  7331 

DEPUTY  CLERK  OF  COURT. 

( I ) .  Great-great-great-grandson-  of  Captain  Peter  Withington . 
See  No.  40. 

(2).  Great-great-grandson  of  Nicholas  Broughton,  Sr.,  Cap- 
tain and  Major.  See  No.  3. 

(3).  Great-great-great-grandson  of  John  Glover,  Colonel  of 
the  famous  "  Marine  Regiment"  of  Mar  blehead,  Massachusetts. 
It  saved  the  American  Army  at  Long  Island.  Was  at  the 
crossing  of  the  Deleware  to  Trenton ,  and  from  Harlem  Heights 
to  Saratoga.  See  (3)  No.  3. 

70  WOODWARD,    TYLER.  6770 

BANKER. 

(i).  Grandson  of  Gideon  Woodward,  Private  in  Captain 
James  Morgan's  Company,  Colonel  Prentiss'  Eighth  New  York 
Regiment,  1776-1781. 

128  YOUNG,  EDWARD  WELDON.  7328 

PHYSICIAN. 

(i).  Great-great-grandson  of  James  Young,  a  soldier  in  the 
Pennsylvania  Continental  Line.  He  participated  in  the  bat- 
tles of  Brandywine,  Germantown,  Monmouth  and  Cowpens, 
and  was  at  Valley  Forge  encampment.  He  had  the  rank  of 
Captain  in  Colonel  Jeduthan  Baldwin's  Artillery  Artificer 
Regiment  from  August  i,  1777.  He  lived  to  be  109  years  of 
age. 


Note: — Members  will  please  notify  the  Secretary  of  their  respective  So- 
cieties of  any  errors  or   omissions  in  the  foregoing  record. 


NECROLOGICAL. 

Since  its  organization  the  Society  has  lost  two  members  by 
death,  Mr.  L,loyd  Brooke  and  Mr.  Hiram  Cochran.  Ex-Gover- 
nor LaFayette  Grover,  for  many  years  his  intimate  friend,  kindly 
furnished  the  following  biographical  sketch  of  Mr.  Brooke: 

Lloyd  Brooke  was  born  at  Oak  Hill,  Montgomery  County,  Maryland, 
July  6,  1819,  and  died  at  his  residence  in  Portland,  Oregon,  May  29,  1893, 
in  the  seventy-fourth  year  of  his  age. 

He  was  the  third  son  of  Thomas  Alexander  Brooke  and  Henrietta  M., 
daughter  of  Major  Lloyd  Beall.  The  families  of  Brooke  and  Beall  were 
among  the  earliest  and  most  prominent  of  the  Colonial  period  of  Mary- 
land, and  their  descendants  have  been  intimately  connected  with  the  de- 
velopment of  that  State.  Mr.  Brooke,  at  an  early  age,  became  connected 
with  the  War  Department  at  Washington,  D.  C.  He  also  took  part  in  the 
Seminole  Indian  war  in  Florida.  He  came  to  Oregon  in  1849,  in  the  em- 
ployment of  the  U.  S.  Quartermaster's  Department,  and  for  many  years 
was  the  chief  business  agent  of  that  Department  at  Fort  Vancouver,  con- 
tinuing his  connection  with  it  until  he  desired  to  retire  from  active  busi- 
ness life.  In  the  meantime  he  engaged  in  several  business  enterprises,  of 
which  one  was  the  establishment  of  a  cattle  ranch  in  Eastern  Oregon  in 
1854.  This  proved  to  be  unfortunate,  for  during  the  Indian  hostilities  of 
1855-6,  the  Indians  drove  off  or  killed  his  cattle  and  burned  his  buildings. 
With  this  exception,  however,  Mr.  Brooke  was  generally  successful  in  his 
business  enterprises. 

Mr.  Brooke  was  married  to  the  daughter  of  General  Edward  Hamilton, 
one  of  the  earliest  Secretaries  of  the  Territory  of  Oregon.  General  Hamil- 
ton was  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  his  daughter  was  a  woman  of  the  highest 
accomplishments  and  graces,  of  rare  and  genuine  qualities,  which  were  ex- 
hibited in  her  social  intercourse,  in  her  religious  duties,  and  above  all  in 
her  home  life.  Her  death  preceded  that  of  her  husband  by  several  years' 
The  issue  of  this  marriage  were  four  sons  and  one  daughter,  namely: 

Edward  Heath  Brooke,  First  Lieutenant  2ist  Infantry  U.  S.  Army. 

Hamilton  Eastham  Brooke. 

Henrietta  Beall  Brooke,  wife  of  Lieutenant  J.  S.  Parke,  U.  S.  Army. 

John  M.  Brooke,  M.  D. 

Thomas  Scott  Brooke. 

Mr.  Brooke  was  the  first  Vice  President  of  the  Oregon  and  Washington 
Society  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  a  communicant  of  the  Episcopal 


64 

church,  and  for  many  years  a  vestryman  of  Trinity.  Naturally  of  retiring 
habits  he  never  sought  notoriety,  but  was  ever  ready  to  join  in  the  promo- 
tion of  the  good  of  his  city  and  state.  Especially  was  he  a  true  and  faith- 
ful friend,  and  a  helper  of  the  helpless.  His  generous  qualities  were  well 
known,  and  often  drawn  upon  in  the  promotion  of  worthy  objects. 
Through  a  life  of  prudence  and  diligence  he  amassed  a  competency  which 
rendered  his  later  years  comfortable,  and  enabled  him  to  leave  his  family 
a  goodly  heritage,  but  best  of  all  he  has  left  them  a  good  name. 


We  are  indebted  to  Dr.  W.  E.  Carll  for  the  following  sketch : 

Hiram  Cochran  was  born  at  Cochranton,  Crawford  County,  Pennsyl- 
vania, August  30,  1833,  and  died  at  Oregon  City,  Oregon,  August  22,  1895. 
He  was  the  son  of  Alexander  and  Margaret  Cochran,  grandson  of  Charles 
Cochran,  who  served  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution  and  also  in  the  War  of 
1812,  and  great-grandson  of  James  Cochran.  His  great-grandfather  came 
from  Virginia  to  Westmoreland,  now  Crawford  County,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  purchased  large  tracts  of  land  and  permanently  located. 

Hiram  Cochran  passed  some  time  at  college,  but  his  tastes  being  for 
mechanical  pursuits  he  left  school  and  became  a  skilled  mechanic.  Decid- 
ing to  seek  fortune  in  the  far  West,  he  crossed  the  plains  and  reached  Ore- 
gon September  19,  1852.  Here  he  easily  found  remunerative  employment. 
After  two  years  he  purchased  property  and  located  at  Vancouver,  Wash- 
ington, where  he  became  one  of  the  leading  citizens.  For  many  years  he 
had  charge  of  construction  at  Vancouver  Barracks.  In  1859  he  married 
Miss  Fannie  L.  Kelly,  daughter  of  Captain  William  Kelly,  U.  S.  Army. 
She  and  six  daughters  survive  him.  During  the  period  of  1862-1870,  Mr. 
Cochran  was  Postmaster  at  Vancouver,  and  served  a  full  term  in  each 
house  of  the  Territorial  Legislature.  In  1871  his  business  interests  induced 
him  to  locate  at  Oregon  City.  During  his  residence  there  he  wes  repeatedly 
chosen  by  his  fellow  citizens  to  positions  of  honor  and  trust,  as  School  Di- 
rector, Councilman  and  Mayor.  He  was  always  faithful  to  every  duty,  and 
earnestly  sought  to  obey  the  precept  of  the  Golden  Rule. 


REVOLUTIONARY  ANCESTORS.  Page 

Adair,  John South    Carolina 36 

Alston ,  William North    Carolina 37 

Anderson,  Richard  Clough Virginia i 

Applegate,  Richard   New  Jersey 32 

Applegate,  Daniel New  Jersey 32 

Arnold,  William Rhode  Island 32 

Arnold,  Caleb Rhode  Island 32 

Arnold    Jonathan Connecticut 33 

Baker,  Henry Maryland 52 

Baldwin ,  Peleg Connecticut 45 

Barrett,  John Vermont 54 

Barrett,  Thomas Vermont 54 

Bartholomew,  Joseph Connecticut 34 

Bateman ,  Zadoc Massachusetts 34 

Beall,  Lloyd Maryland 34 

Bellinger,  Henry   New  York 35 

Borthwick,  James .• New  York 35 

Borthwick,  George   New  York. .  .35 

Boynton ,  John Massachusetts 36 

Braxton ,  Carter Virginia 36 

Brockenbrough,  John Virginia 36 

Broughton,  Nicholson,  Sr Massachusetts 50 

Broughton,  Nicholson,  Jr Massachusetts 50 

Brown ,  William Connecticut 45 

Burnap,  Ebenezer Massachusetts 42 

Bush,  Abijah Massachusetts 43 

Bushnell,  John  Handley Connecticut 35 

Cabell,  Nicholas Virginia 37 

Cabell,  William Virginia 39 

Cardwell,  Perrin Virginia 37 

Carll,  Robert.  .  .  : Massachusetts 37 

Carll,  John Massachusetts 37 

Carpenter,  William ; .  . .  New  Jersey 38 

Carter,  Hill Virginia 38 

Carey,  Archibald Virginia 46 

Carroll,  Daniel Maryland 42 

Chambers,  David New  Jersey 49 

Claghorn ,  James Vermont 32 

Clapp ,  Joseph New  York 38 

Clark,  Samuel Rhode  Island 46 

Clarke,  Abraham New  Jersey 38 


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Clarke,  Noah New  Jersey 39 

Cochran,  Charles Pennsylvania 39 

Cosby    Zacheus Virginia 56 

Cook,  Thaddeus Connecticut 41 

Cooper,  Frederick Pennsylvania  and  North  Carolina .  .  39 

Davis,  James North  Carolina 52 

Dent,  George Maryland 56 

DePauw,  Charles France 43 

Dodge,  Robert Massachusetts 40 

Elliott,  Barnard South  Carolina 44 

Emery,  Josiah New  Hampshire 42 

Fisher,    Henry Delaware 53 

Freeman,   Isaac, Massachusetts 42 

Furman,  Samuel New  York 48 

Gadsden.  Christopher South  Carolina 47 

Gamble,  Robert, Virginia 

Glover,  John Massachusetts 50 

Goodrich,    Noah Massachusetts 61 

Goodell,   Abner         Massachusetts 43 

Greenleaf ,  Israel Massachusetts 44 

Grover ,  John Massachusetts '. 44 

Habersham ,  James Georgia 44 

Hall,  James Massachusetts 45 

Hall,  Joseph New  Hampshire 40 

Hall ,    William New  Hampshire 40 

Hall,  John New  Hampshire 41 

Hall,  Daniel New  Hampshire 41 

Hamilton,  Andrew,. . . .' South  Carolina 37 

Harding,  Thomas Pennsylvania  and   Connecticut ....  45 

Hart,  John New  Jersey 35 

Hart,  Joseph ...  New  Jersey 38 

Harrison,  Carter  Henry Virginia 46 

Hasbrouck ,  Abraham New  York 46 

Hasbrouck,  Joseph New  York 46 

Hayman,  William, 59 

Heath,  William Massachusetts 48 

Hicks,  John Massachusetts 55 

Holgate,  Mathew Pennsylvania 45 

Howell ,  John New  Jersey 51 

Howes,  Jeremiah   Massachusetts 47 

Hoyt,  Stephen New  Hampshire 47 

Hoyt,   Daniel Connecticut 47 

Hooper,   Hezekiah Massachusetts 56 

Kellogg,    Preserved Vermont 32 

King,    Benjamin Massachusetts 48 

King,  George Massachusetts 48 

Kirkland,  John Massachusetts 48 


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Kollock,  Shepard New  Jersey 48 

Lee,  Henry Virginia 53 

Lee,  Jared Connecticut 49 

Lee ,  Amos Connecticut 49 

Lindsley ,   Aaron New  Jersey 49 

Little,   Moess Massachusetts 34 

Littlefield,  Aaron Massachusetts 50 

Lord,   Tobias Maine  (Connecticut) 43 

Lord,  John Maine  (Connecticut) 43 

Madison,   William Virginia 40 

Malcolm,   William New  York 50 

Marshall,   Thomas Virginia 51 

Maxwell,  Hugh Massachusetts 48 

Maxwell,  John New  Jersey 51 

Miller,  James Rhode  Island 42 

Miner,    Seth Connecticut 58 

Moffett,  George Virginia 51 

Muir ,  Francis Massachusetts 52 

Muirhead,   George New  Jersey 51 

McCamant,  James Pennsylvania 52 

McDowell,  John Pennsylvania 54 

McKinstry,   Charles New  York 53 

Nixon,  John     Pennsylvania 59 

Overton,  Thomas Virginia 53 

Page,  John Virginia 53 

Pierce,  Josiah - Massachusetts 60 

Pope,  William Virginia 40 

Potter,  Jared Connecticut 40 

Philips,  Joseph Pennsylvania 54 

Philip,  George New  York 36 

Paddock,  Henry New  York 53 

Ray,  John New  Hampshire 41 

Reed,  Joshua Massachusetts 51 

Reynolds,  John Maryland 54 

Roberts,  Christopher Vermont 55 

Roberts,  John Vermont 54 

Ross,  John Pennsylvania  39 

Rounds,  Bertram Rhode  Island 46 

Rutter,  Thomas Pennsylvania 55 

Saltonstall,  Gurdon New  Hampshire 38 

Savage,  Nathan   Connecticut 55 

Saxton,  John   Massachusetts 33 

Schuyler,  Philip New  York 50 

Sears,  Silas Massachusetts 56 

Sears,  Nathaniel Massachusetts 56 

Sears,  Joseph Massachusetts 56 

Shead,   Ephraim Massachusetts 33 


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Sherman,  Roger Massachusetts 50 

Sherman,  John Massachusetts 50 

Sherman  Samuel Vermont: 57 

Skinner,  Israel Connecticut 57 

Skinner,  John Connecticut 57 

Slaughter,    Philip Virginia 57 

Slaughter,  James Virginia 57 

Smith .  John Connecticut 57 

Smith ,  Ephraim Connecticut 57 

Stalus,  John Massachusetts 46 

Stearns,   Peter New  Hampshire   57 

Stephens,  Aaron New  Hampshire 42 

Strong,  Adonizah Connecticut 58 

Taylor,  John New  Hampshire 58 

Tolman ,  John Massachusetts 59 

Trevett,  John Massachusetts 59 

Voorhees,  Abraham New  Jersey 41 

Wade,  John Georgia 44 

Wait,  Joel Massachusetts 60 

West,  William Pennsylvania 60 

Wetherel,  Charles Massachusetts 41 

Weeks,  Thomas Massachusetts 43 

Wheaton ,  Joseph Rhode  Island ,35 

Whittle,   Thomas Massachusetts 60 

Willard ,  Josiah Massachusetts 55 

Willey ,   Abraham Connecticut 43 

Withington,  Peter Pennsylvania 61 

Worthington,   Thomas Maryland 54 

Woodhull,  Nathaniel New  York 58 

Woodward,   Gideon New  York 61 

Young,   James Pennsylvania 61 


ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  WASHINGTON  SOCIETY. 

The  compatriots  residing  in  the  State  of  Washington  had 
long  felt  that  they  should  have  a  separate  Society.  The  distance 
many  of  them  had  to  travel  was  a  serious  obstacle  to  their 
attending  meetings  held  in  Portland.  The  prosperity  of  the 
Society  at  large,  they  felt,  would  best  be  promoted  by  organizing 
another  Society  nearer  home.  State  pride,  very  justly,  de- 
manded a  separate  organization.  The  Board  of  Management 
promised  to  demit  all  members  residing  in  the  State  who  wished 
to  form  such  a  Society,  or  enter  it  after  it  was  formed.  Dr.  E. 
Weldon  Young  and  Mr.  A.  S.  Gibbs,  of  Seattle,  then  earnestly 
labored  in  various  parts  of  the  State  to  create  and  to  confirm  a 
strong  sentiment  in  favor  of  a  Washington  Society.  In  this 
they  were  deservedly  successful.  A  meeting  was  finally  called 
to  be  held  at  Seattle,  June  17,  1895.  Some  sixty  eligible  gen- 
tlemen were  present,  many  of  whom  had  been  demitted  for  the 
purpose,  and  they  at  once  proceeded  to  organize  the  Washington 
Society. 

The  officers  selected  are  a  presage  of  the  Society's  pros- 
perity. They  are  : 

President COLONEL  S.  W.  SCOTT. 

First  Vice  President COLONEL  J.  KENNEDY  STOUT. 

Second  Vice  President REV.  A.  N.  THOMPSON,  D.  D. 

Secretary MR.  A.  S.  GIBBS. 

Treasurer JUDGE  J.  B.  HOWE. 

Registrar DR.  E.  WELDON  YOUNG. 

ARTHUR  W.  DOLAND, 


Managers 


HON.  JOHN  F.  GOWEY, 
JUDGE  C.  H.  HANFORD, 
J.   H.  S.   BARTHOLOMEW, 
DR.  S.  J.  HOLMES, 
E.  S.  SMITH. 


LIST  OF  MEMBERS  OF  OREGON  SOCIETY. 

Anderson,  Thomas  M Vancouver  Barracks,  Washington. 

Allen,  Ethan  W Portland. 

Alvord,  William  C First  National  Bank,  City. 

Applegate,  Oliver  C Olene,  Oregon. 

Applegate,  Lucien,  B Klamath  Falls,  Oregon. 

Applegate,  Ivan  D Klamath  Falls,  Oregon. 

Applegate,  E.  I Klamath  Falls,  Oregon. 

Arnold,  Frederick  K No.  275  Stark  St. ,  City. 

Arnold,  Hosiner  K No.  275  Stark  St.,  City. 

Atkinson,  Josiah  L No.  385  Third  St.,  City. 

Beall,   Hamilton,  M Albany,  Oregon. 

Bellinger,  Oscar  H No.  433  Holladay  Ave. ,  City. 

Borthwick,  Alex  E Stark  and  Sixth  Sts.,  City. 

Borthwick,   Calvin Cornwallaville,  New  York. 

Boyer,  John  A Jacksonville,  Oregon. 

Bradley,  Frank  E Puyallup,  Washington. 

Brenham,  Robert  B Honolulu. 

Brockenbrough,  John  B Roseburg,  Oregon. 

Brooke,  Edward  H Plattsburg,  New  York. 

Cabell,  Henry  C Vancouver  Barracks,  Wash. 

Cardwell,  Byron  P Hamilton  Building,  City. 

Cardwell,  James  R Oregonian  Building,  City. 

Carll,  Walter  E Oregon  City,  Oregon. 

Carpenter.  Gilbert  S Fort  Spokane,  Washington. 

Carter,  Charles  H Pendleton,  Oregon. 

Carter,  E.  C Fort  Buford,  South  Dakota. 

Chapin,   Willard  H ' No.  580  Fourth  St.  City. 

Clapp,  J.  M No.  22  Twentieth  St.  N.,  City. 

Clarke,  Ivouis  G First  and  Alder  Sts.  City. 

Clarkson,   David  M Worcester  Block,  City. 

Cooper,  J.  C McMinnville,  Oregon. 

Curtis,  Edward  D Clackamas,  Oregon. 

Dabney,  Percy  P Chamber  of  Commerce  Bldg.,  City. 

Dodge,  Francis  S •. Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas. 

Eckerson,  Theodore  J No.  575  Couch  St.,  City. 

Eckerson,  Theodore  H No.  575  Couch  St. ,  City. 

Eckerson,  Rufus  I Washington  Building,  City. 

Fay,  Charles  L Washington  Building,  City. 

Freeman,  George  W No.  314  Grand  Ave.  N.,  City. 

French,  John  W Fort  Clark,  Texas. 

Gile,  Henry  S No.  686  Everett  St.,  City. 


Godell,  Gorham  B No.  779  Johnson  St. ,  City. 

Greene,  Thomas  G Worcester  Block,  City. 

Greenleaf,  Robert  S No.  105  Eighteenth  St.  N.,  City. 

Grover,  LaFayette No.  153  Sixteenth  St ..  N.,  City. 

Habersham,  John  P Helena,  Montana. 

Habersham,  Robert  A No.  1049  Corbett  St.,  City. 

Harding,  Franklin  S McMinnville,  Oregon. 

Harrison,  Cary  Heth No.  675  East  Stark  St. ,  City. 

Hasbrouck,  Alfred,  Jr Poughkeepsie,  New  York. 

Hines,  Harvey  K University  Park,  Portland. 

Houghton,  Ross  C Canisteo,  New  York. 

Howes,  Thomas  B No.  355  Alder  St. ,  City. 

Hoyt,  Richard No.  735  Hoyt  St. ,  City. 

Hoyt,  Ralph  W Merchants'  National  Bank,  City. 

Hunt,  George No.  347  Market  St. ,  City. 

Kollock,  Frederick  N No.  246  Stark  St. ,  City. 

Lamberson,  Buell No.  385  Tenth  St. ,  City. 

Lamberson,  Lewis  H No.  38  Twenty-First  St.  N. ,  City. 

Lewis,  Cicero  H No.  46  Front  St. ,  City. 

Littlefield,  Roger  S Bandon,  Oregon. 

Malcolm,  Philip  S No.  131  Sixth  St.,  City. 

Mann,  Gilbert  S No.  87  Front  St.,  City. 

Marshall,  J.  M Vancouver  Barracks,  Wash. 

Moffett,  Geo.  H 

Moody,  Lucius  W 706  Flanders  St.,  City. 

Muir,  William  T 213  I3th  St.,  City. 

McCamant,  Wallace Concord  Building,  City. 

McKee,  Edward  D U.  S.  Court  House,  City. 

McKenna,  Clement  L University  Park,  City. 

McKenna,  Francis  I   Chamber  of  Commerce  Bl'dg.,  City. 

McKim,  Maurice Worcester  Building,  City. 

Overton,  Clough Fort  Walla  Walla,  Wash. 

Paddock,  Robert  G City. 

Page,  Wilmer  L 455  Alder  St.,  City. 

Pettingill,  Samuel  B Tacoma,  Wash. 

Philips,  John   K '.  University  Park,  City. 

Phillips,  Thomas  H Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Reynolds,  Charles  R Vancouver  Barracks,  Wash. 

Reed,  Sanderson '..... 691  Lovejoy  St.,  City. 

Roberts,  Benjamin   K Presidio,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Schultz,  Frederick  B   No.  683  Second  St.,  City. 

Sears,  Alfred  F. ,  Sr 15  Courtlandt  St. ,  New  York. 

Sears,  Alfred  F.,  Jr 1086  Front  St.,  City. 

Sears,  George   C Montgomery  and  Twelfth  Sts.,   City. 

Sherman,  Dana  C Salem,  Oregon. 

Skinner,  Pratt  R 175  Tenth  St.,  City. 

Smith,  Isaac   W 122  East  Twelfth  St. ,  City. 


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Stearns,    Doran  H Chamber  of  Commerce  Bld'g. ,  City. 

Strong,  Curtis  C Abington  Block,  City. 

Strong,  Frederick    R Labbe  Block,  City. 

Taylor,    Harry 435  Alder  St. ,  City. 

Thompson ,  R.    W A.  O.  U.  W.  Temple,  City. 

Trevett,  Theo.  Brooks No.  777  Flanders  St.,  City. 

Vodges,  Anthony   W Alcatraz  Island,  Cal. 

Wait,  Aaron  E Sixth  and  Market  Sts.,  City. 

Wait,  Chas.    N Washington  Building,  City. 

Wait,  Robert  L First  and  Yamhill  Sts.,  City. 

Wells,  Harry  L 773  Pettigrove  St. ,  City. 

West,  Francis  H 122  East  Twelfth  St. ,  City. 

Williams,  Geo.  H Chamber  of  Commerce  Bld'g.,  City. 

Withington,  Geo.  E First  National  Bank,  City. 

Withington,  Amory   H 308  Salmon  St. ,  City. 

Woodward,   Tyler U.S.  National  Bank  City. 

MEMBERS  DEMITTED. 
TO  WASHINGTON   SOCIETY. 

Alexander,  Geo.  Nell No,  105  Jackson  St.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Bartholemew,  James  H.  S Monte  Cristo,  Wash. 

Blanchard,  Carlisle  P No.  1005  McClair  St.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Boynton,  Chas.   H Tacoma,  Wash. 

Cutter,  Kirtland  K Spokane,  Wash. 

Doland,  Arthur  W Spokane,  Wash. 

Doolittle,  George  T Spokane,  Wash. 

Edes,  William  H Spokane,  Wash. 

Ellicott,  Salvador Seattle,  Wash. 

Emery,  C.  D Seattle,  Wash. 

Gibbs,  Arthur  S Seattle,  Wash. 

Gowey,  John  F Olympia,  Wash. 

Gowey,  Frank  M Olympia,  Wash. 

Hall,  Henry  K Port  Blakely,  Wash. 

Hall,  James  W Port  Blakely,  Wash. 

Hanford,  Frank   Seattle,  Wash. 

Hanford,   Clarence Seattle,  Wash. 

Hanford,  Arthur  E Seattle,  Wash. 

Howe,  James  B Seattle,  Wash. 

Hoyt,  Henry  M Spokane,  Wash. 

Kirkland,  Eugene  H Colfax,  Wash. 

Kirkland,  Arthur  E Colfax,  Wash. 

Lee,  Chester  F Princeton,  Idaho. 

Jviudsley,  Addison  'A Olympia,  Wash. 

Maxwell,  William   H Spokane,  Wash. 

Rutter,  Clement  S Spokane,  Wash. 

Saunders,  Charles  W .  .Seattle.  Wash. 


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Savage,  George  M Olympia,  Wash. 

Shane,  Carlos  W Vancouver,  Wash. 

Smith,  E.  S Seattle,  Wash. 

Steele,  Egbert  T.  S Spokane,  Wash. 

Stout,  J.  Kennedy Spokane,  Wash. 

Strudwick,  Robert  C Seattle,  Wash. 

Tolman,  Warren  W Spokane,  Wash. 

Whittle,  Geo.  Haswell Spokane,  Wash, 

Young,  E.  Weldon Seattle,  Wash. 

TO  MONTANA  SOCIETY. 

Bateman,  Cephas  C. .  .  . Fort  Assinboine,  Montana. 

Sharp,  Frederick  Dent Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas. 

TO  MAINE  SOCIETY. 

King,  Henry  P Portland,  Maine. 

TO  MARYLAND  SOCIETY. 
Lazarus,  Edgar  M Baltimore,  Maryland. 

TO  CALIFORNIA  SOCIETY. 
McKinstry,  J.  C San  Francisco,  California. 

MEMBERS  DECEASED. 

I 

Brooke,  Lloyd.  Cochran,  Hiram. 

Dropped  from  rolls  —  2. 

RECAPITULATION. 

Remaining  on  Roll 104 

Demitted  to  Washington  Society 36 

Demitted  to  other  Societies 5 

Deceased 2 

Dropped  a 

Total 149 


HINTS    TO    MEMBERS. 

Look  among  your  friends  and  acquaintances  for  gentlemen 
who  are  eligible  to  membership,  and  endeavor  to  induce  them 
to  join  with  us. 


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The  Board  of  Managers  has  been  expending  money  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  published  by  some  of  the  old  Thirteen  States, 
setting  forth  with  considerable  completeness  the  names  and 
records  of  Revolutionary  patriots.  The  library  already  includes 
the  Connecticut  and  New  York  books,  each  containing  more 
than  twenty-five  thousand  names,  besides  Heitman's  Register  of 
the  Officers  of  the  Continental  Army.  In  the  course  of  a  few 
months  it  is  expected  to  add  to  these  the  New  Jersey  Book,  the 
New  Hampshire  Book,  Saffell's  Revolutionary  Record,  and  the 
Rhode  Island  and  Pennsylvania  Books.  If  applicants  for  mem- 
bership can  give  the  names  and  residences  of  their  ancestors  it 
will  be  possible  for  members  of  the  Society  by  the  aid  of  these 
records  in  a  majority  of  cases  to  secure  for  them  the  needed 
proofs. 

Notify  your  Secretary  of  any  change  in  your  address. 
Pay  your  dues  as  promptly  as  possible  to  your  Treasurer. 

Promptly  reply  to  letters  received  from  the  Officers  of  your 
Society. 

Provide  yourself  with  the  Rosette  of  the  Society  and  wear  it. 
Your  Secretary  or  Registrar  furnishes  them  at  25  cents  each. 

The  Certificate  of  Membership  is  appropriate  and  beautiful, 
and  should  be  held  by  every  member.  They  cost  $1.00  and  are 
prepared  by  the  National  Society.  Apply  to  your  Secretary 
for  it. 

The  Badge  of  the  Society  is  of  gold  and  sterling  silver.  It 
costs  $9.00.  Obtain  a  permit  for  one  from  your  Secretarj^.  You 
will  send  this  with  the  price  of  the  badge  to  Tiffany  &  Co.,  New 
York.  They  will  send  you  the  badge  with  your  number 
engraved  thereon  without  further  expense  to  you. 

Make  it  a  point  to  attend  all  meetings  of  your  Chapter  and 
Society. 

Be  active  and  earnest  in  disseminating  American  principles. 


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